[STDCXX-71] [MSVC 8.0] errors on errno in <cerrno>, <errno.h>, and <cstdlib> or <stdlib.h>

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.2
• Fix Version/s: 4.1.3
• Component/s: 19. Diagnostics

Environment

MSVC 8

• Assignee: Martin Sebor
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Created: 24/Nov/05 03:04
• Updated: 09/Dec/05 10:22
• Resolved: 09/Dec/05 10:22

Description

From http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-stdcxx-dev/200511.mbox/[e-mail]%3e:

Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:02:11 -0700
From: Liviu Nicoara <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Compilation error on Windows + MSVC 8.0 in the presence of stdlib headers

Martin,

The following error popped up during certification with vc 8.0 on
Windows 2k3 (all build types):

$ cat t.cpp
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <cerrno>
int foo = errno;

The error is:

$ cl /* various options, includes */ -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
-D_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -nologo -EHsc
-Zc:wchar_t -MDd -W3 -Zi -GA -GR -c t.cpp

t.cpp
c:\build\nicoara\hal\include\ansi\cerrno(77) : error C2039: 'errno' : is
not a member of '`global namespace''
c:\build\nicoara\hal\include\ansi\cerrno(77) : error C2873: 'errno' :
symbol can not be used in a using-declaration
c:\build\nicoara\hal\source\tools\t.cpp(4) : error C2065: 'errno' :
undeclared identifier
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\VC\BIN\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

Liviu