Re: [tlug] C++ compile probblem

[Brett Robson <b-robson@??>]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Brett Robson writes:
>
>  > IndexFile.cc: In constructor 'IndexFile::IndexFile(std::fstream&, int, 
>  > int)':
>  > IndexFile.cc:30: error: 'struct std::basic_filebuf<char, 
>  > std::char_traits<char> >' has no member named 'fd'
>  > IndexFile.cc:51: error: no matching function for call to 
>  > 'std::basic_fstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::read(size_t*&, long un
>  > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/istream:456: 
>
> Looks to me like you have a program that uses internal details of the
> C++ standard library implementation:
>
>  > fstat(idxfile.rdbuf()->fd(), &fstatus);
>
> My first guess is that you need to match up the program to the C++
> compiler (vendor, probably GCC, *and* version) so that you get the
> library API that your program is expecting.
>
> This is why everybody loves C++ ... not.
>   

Yes further investigation shows that even if I fix this problem I'm 
going to get more errors.

I've given up.

Brett