Really, why not buy something if you plan on using it a lot?(sarcasm)Originally Posted by Dave_Sinkula
Really, why not buy something if you plan on using it a lot?(sarcasm)
Yes. It is definitely incorrect. Your code is fine.Are we agreed the behavior in MSVC++ 6 is incorrect for the code I wrote?
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Oh, I find the MSVC++ environment to be rather accomodating, especially when I am developing in Windows for windows with a lot of API programming. Also, it makes it easier when I have to deal with other developers who use MSVC++ as well.
I have only encountered a few other minor issues with MSVC++ even with reasonably heavy used of the STL. I do believe despite having some compiler issue, the MSVC++ 6 compiler was supposed to produce faster executables do to some compiler optimizations.
I don't think that to be true anymore. Not with 8 years on top of that to produce better and faster compilers. But I may be wrong.
I do agree that Visual Studio 6 was a great tool though. But I think if that is the only reason, you need to move on. VC++ 2005 Express Edition is free and, you will find, a much better product
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
I will test the code in my VC++6 and tell you if it works or not. But it may work if you don't make it const. Only in this case you can omit the extern keyword in other.cpp.
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Yes, it worked correctly in my MSVC++6.
Please send complete code. For example you didn't include string in other.cpp.
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Siav:
Thanks for the information. I do not want to make it non-const just to ensure I do not accidentally modify the string later down the line. The code, with the #include <string> added exhibits the error for me. I am using MSVC++ 6.0 SP6.
Mario:
If I am not mistaken, VC++ 2005 Express did not have the capability to create dll projects. I would happily move on, but for the moment, for the many aspects of my project, it is best to stay on MSVS 6 until I can afford a professional edition of .NET or 2005.
Call me Sia if you need a shorter name.
I use MSVC++6 without any service pack and it executed YOUR code correctly. So maybe there is some other problems with your code.
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