Re: bug in socket.h (and maybe many other kernel headerfiles)
Sean Hunter (sean@uncarved.co.uk)
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:17:43 +0100
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 11:48:34AM +0200, Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Koloska wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am not on this list by post by told so in REPORTING-BUGS.
>
> By installing kde-1.1.2 with gcc-2.95.1 I noticed a wrong declaration in
> /usr/incluce/linux/socket.h:109
>
> ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in return
>
> The right ANSI way to do it is to return a literal "0".
>
> By taking a quick glance on the other headerfiles there are many places that
> uses NULL without explicit conversion.
>
> Maybe (adhearing to ANSI???) NULL has to be defined "0" and not (void*) ...
Why are you compiling kernel headers with a c++ compiler? The kernel
headers don't work in c++.
Sean
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