[Uml-devel] is this correct for gcc 2.96 (fwd)

[Jonathan Riddell]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Tsuraan wrote:

> > main()
> > {
> >  enum TextFlags { Bold = 0x1, Italics = 0x2, Underline = 0x4 };
> >  TextFlags test;
> >
> >  test = 0;
> > }
> >
> > these constructs are being used in kdesdk/umbrello/umbrello/diagram and a
> > similar construct is used in kdeaddons/noatun-plugins/dub/dub since last
> > week which prevents me from compiling them.
> > since gcc gives the following error
> >
> > [wdl at enterprise wdl]$ gcc test.cpp
> > test.cpp: In function `int main ()':
> > test.cpp:6: cannot convert `int' to `main ()::TextFlags' in assignment
>
> Assuming that he's using the 3.2 compiler

The subject suggests he's using 2.96

> the problem is that gcc 3.2 is much
> more strict about type safety.  What should work is
>
> main() {
> 	enum TextFlags { Bold = 0x1, Italics = 0x2, Underline = 0x4 };
> 	TextFlags test;
>
> 	test = TextFlags(0);
> }
>
> Since that will convert the int to the enum.

That would be incorrect as it would assign a value to the test variable
which wasn't valid for that enum.

The problem has been fixed, you can follow the thread in kde-devel.

Jonathan