Re: Windows/Visual C++ "bug" problems
Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:22:17 +0100
Valery Fine wrote:
>
> Hello root-folk,
>
> On the Web page:
> http://www.troll.no/platforms/vcpp.html
>
> I found:
>
> "Visual C++ 5.0 has a bug regarding expansion of inline functions
> which may lead to incorrect behavior. Install Service Pack 3 to
> fix this."
>
> It may cause the problem some our Windows users complain about
> since the "Service Pack 3" was not applied at CERN. This may explain
> why we never saw those at Brookhaven National Lab since we have been
> working with Service Pack 3.
>
> Therefore I would advice ROOT team and all ROOT users those who
> compile thier own ROOT-based DLL's and programs upgrade VC++ 5.0
> installation with this "Service Pack 3" as soon as possible.
>
Hi Valery,
Yes, we know that we should apply "Service Pack 3".
We were hoping to skip this step in going directly to VisualC++ 6.
However, considering the number of bugs found so far in VC++,
it is may be wise to install this patch and wait a few months
before going to version 6.
It would be a real nightmare if compilers on other platforms
were featuring the same number of bugs!!
Fortunately, this is not the case.
Rene Brun