On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, j.wuttke wrote:
Your use of the term "::malloc" makes it sound like this test is
somehow related to C++ rather than C.
It's a C++ program, and the error occurs in
Is the problematic AC_FUNC_MALLOC macro being executed using the C or
the C++ compiler? It is surely designed to be used with a C compiler.
#include <boost/format.hpp>
So, deeply in boost (which I considered serious work up to now)
some call to malloc() is made.
It is certainly a seriously large work. :-)
It is important to distinguish between availability of a C function in
the standard C library, and how system header files prepared for C++
may allow that function to be namespace scoped in C++. They are two
different issues. AC_FUNC_MALLOC is intended to test for the
availability of the malloc() function in the standard C library
("libc") using the C compiler.
If the proper prototype for malloc is not present when the test is
performed, then a C++ compiler may assume C++ binding for that
function rather than C binding, and be looking for a different
(scrambled) function name than 'malloc'.
Bob
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