40939 - nsXPIDLString.cpp compile problem with on Linux/ia64

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: XPCOM, defect, P3)

Description

[jim_nance]

I have a problem building nsXPIDLString.cpp on an IA64 machine.
I am not sure if its a source code problem or a configure
script problem.  The compile dies with the error:

In file included from
/home/users/jnance/mbuild/mozilla/xpcom/ds/nsXPIDLString.cpp:25:
/home/users/jnance/mbuild/mozilla/xpcom/ds/nsXPIDLString.h: In function `PRBool
operator== (const PRUnichar *, const nsXPIDLString &)':
/home/users/jnance/mbuild/mozilla/xpcom/ds/nsXPIDLString.h:201: static_cast from
`const nsXPIDLString' to `const PRUnichar *'

and several other warnings about casts.  If I go into the
config-defs.h file generated by configure an undef HAVE_CPP_NEW_CASTS
then the build works.  I do not know if the source is wrong
or if the configure script should detect this problem.

Comment 1

[jim_nance]

*** Bug 40938 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

From testing and asking around this seems to be a bug in the compiler.  Can't
really work around it.

Comment 3

[leger]

Moving all current open XPCOM and XPCOM Registry bugs to rayw since dp is on 
sabbatical.  rayw is now default assignee for these components.

Comment 4

[Warren Harris]

=> scc

Comment 5

[Scott Collins]

So what's the status of this, guys?  Compiler bug (suggested by blizzard)?  Is
this something we can fix?  Is it still troubling you?  If I don't get tickled
back that this is still a problem and something we can reasonably fix, I'm going
to mark it closed somehow (either INVALID, or WONTFIX, or something).

Comment 6

[jim_nance]

I no longer have access to an IA64 machine to test on, so I dont really know
if this is still a problem or not.  Its fine with me if you mark it as INVALID.
I suspect its been fixed.

Comment 7

[Scott Collins]

as suggested, marking INVALID.  Thanks, Jim.