All, I think Lyle has in directly answered my question, so I'm posting this for clarity. It turns out I don't necessarily need to use -ansi, but I do need to be compliant with the 14882:1998 ISO C++ Programming Language Spec. This was a misunderstanding of how I interpreted my projects requirements I think. So, after reading GCC online docs about libstdc++ (http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/faq/index.html), and GCC commands info(http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Dialect-Options.html#C%20Dialec t%20Options ), if I use the command line option: g++ -std=c++98 -pedantic -o proc proc.cpp all compiles and runs fine, and I have told the g++ compiler to adhere to the 14882:1998 ANSI/ISO/IEC C++ Programming Language Specification. So I don't need -ansi after all. I think this will work for now. However, please keep in mind that for some reason the snippet of code I posted in this thread will not build with "g++ -ansi -o proc proc.cpp" for some reason of which I don't need to dive into right now since I have found another way. Phil -----Original Message----- From: lrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lrtaylor@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 4:37 PM To: Crescioli, Phil; gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: gcc-3.2.3 with -ansi and 32bit gcc-3.2.3 binaries Phil, In what way do you need to be ANSI compliant? That is, do you need to be compliant to ANSI C or ANSI C++? The -ansi option only applies to C... Cheers, Lyle -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Crescioli, Phil Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 2:33 PM To: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: gcc-3.2.3 with -ansi and 32bit gcc-3.2.3 binaries All, My Platform is Sun Ultra Sparc 3e with Solaris 8 and GCC3.2.3. I must be ansi/iso compliant and use -ansi when compiling.
