[HP aCC] compilation error on in 17.extensions.cpp

• Key: STDCXX-973
• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Component/s: Tests
• Affects Version/s: 4.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 4.2.2

Description

The 17.extensions.cpp test fails to compile on the head 4.2.x with the errors below:

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aCC -c    -mt -I$(TOPDIR)/include -I$(BUILDDIR)/include -I$(TOPDIR)/tests/include  -AA  +O2  +DD64 +w +W392,655,684,818,819,849   $(TOPDIR)/tests/intro/17.extensions.cpp
Error (future) 229: "$(TOPDIR)/tests/intro/17.extensions.cpp", line 377 # "Ambiguous overloaded function call; a function match was not found that was strictly best for ALL arguments. Two functions that matched best for some arguments (but not all) were "std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > std::num_get<char,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > >::get(std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::ios_base &,__rw::__rw_iostate &,long double &) const" ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 124] and "std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > std::num_get<char,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > >::get(std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::ios_base &,__rw::__rw_iostate &,double &) const" ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 116]." Choosing "std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > std::num_get<char,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > >::get(std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::ios_base &,__rw::__rw_iostate &,long double &) const" ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 124] for resolving ambiguity.
        TEST_GET (short);
        ^^^^^^^^         
Error 437: "$(TOPDIR)/tests/intro/17.extensions.cpp", line 377 # Type mismatch; cannot initialize a 'long double &' with a 'short'. Try changing 'long double &' to 'const long double &' at ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 125].
        TEST_GET (short);
        ^^^^^^^^         
Error (future) 229: "$(TOPDIR)/tests/intro/17.extensions.cpp", line 378 # "Ambiguous overloaded function call; a function match was not found that was strictly best for ALL arguments. Two functions that matched best for some arguments (but not all) were "std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > std::num_get<char,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > >::get(std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::ios_base &,__rw::__rw_iostate &,long double &) const" ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 124] and "std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > std::num_get<char,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > >::get(std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::ios_base &,__rw::__rw_iostate &,double &) const" ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 116]." Choosing "std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > std::num_get<char,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> > >::get(std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::istreambuf_iterator<char,std::char_traits<char> >,std::ios_base &,__rw::__rw_iostate &,long double &) const" ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 124] for resolving ambiguity.
        TEST_GET (int);
        ^^^^^^^^       
Error 437: "$(TOPDIR)/tests/intro/17.extensions.cpp", line 378 # Type mismatch; cannot initialize a 'long double &' with a 'int'. Try changing 'long double &' to 'const long double &' at ["$(TOPDIR)/include/loc/_num_get.h", line 125].
        TEST_GET (int);
        ^^^^^^^^       
Warning:	2 future errors were detected and ignored. Add a '+p' option to detect and fix them before they become fatal errors in a future release. Behavior of this ill-formed program is not guaranteed to match that of a well-formed program
gmake: *** [17.extensions.o] Error 2