internal compiler error

[Martin v. Loewis]

> The errors you mention are thr result of the blank lines in the code, with
> thr result that preprocessor does not dee the complete define statement.
> The minor adaptions I mentioned are the removal of these blank lines. The
> compiler I used was the one that ships with RedHat 6.0. I hope this helps
> you any further.

I admit I don't understand. In the version of utilitym.h that you
send, the first error is around the line

template <class From>   

class UniversalStorage
{

  // Static checks for mismatched parameter type:

  typedef char assertSize [sizeof (from) == SIZE];

  // will not compile if sizeof 'From' is wrong

  if (const Base* assertInheritence = &from)

   0;// will not compile if 'From' is not : public Base 

  new (itsStorage) From (from); // placement new & copy ctor

};

This is plain wrong, you cannot have an if-statement in a class. You
must write a function or method to put statements into it; this is
just not valid C++.

Why are you saying the preprocessor would have to do anything here?

Also, in what message did you mention a minor adaption? All I have is
in

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2000-03/msg00308.html

Regards,
Martin

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