Conference turris::c_plus_plus

3435.0. "problem using Stopwatch" by CIM2NI::THORPE () Thu Feb 06 1997 08:30

I'm getting the following compile-time error when using Stopwatch.  I
do not get the error when I create a small program but in my large
program I do which suggests some interference with something else
being included.

There is too much code to post here but can anyone give me some tips
to tracking this down?

Thanks,
Bill

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Line  16981:           void times (tbuffer_t *__buffer);   /* <sys/times.h> */
%CXX-E-NOLINKAGE, In this declaration, "times" has no linkage and has a prior
        declaration in this scope at line number 62 in file
        SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]CXXL$ANSI_DEF.TLB;2.


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An excerpt from SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]CXXL$ANSI_DEF.TLB;2.....

#   if __VMS_VER >= 70000000 && !defined _DECC_V4_SOURCE
       clock_t times(struct tms *buffer);
#   else
       void times (tbuffer_t *__buffer);   /* <sys/times.h> */
#   endif
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$ cxx/version nl:
DEC C++ V5.4-010 on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1

See Note 3152.

An update:

The ANSI C++ standards committee recently
changed the name "times" to "multiplies" so this
will not be a problem in the next standard library
version (V5.6) and beyond. Of course, namespaces
would have eliminated the conflict eventually
anyway.

If this is the problem and you need help working
around the problem let us know. I think a reply
to the note describes our suggested solution.
Basically you use macros to change the name.

Thanks for the fast (and correct as usual) response.

The workaround in 3152 did the trick.

-Bill