GDC on Windows(mingw32) compiled but has template issue.

[Michael P.]

Daniel Green Wrote:

> Recently I tried compiling goshawk's gdc,1.045 at the moment, for 
> Windows using TDM's GCC/mingw32 patches and build files.  When I started 
> I chose Cygwin as an environment because the MinGW website was down at 
> the time.  The compiler has been successfully built and the process to 
> build it somewhat documented from scratch.
> 
> However, when attempting to compile tango 0.99.8 I ran across a template 
> error that I need help finding the cause of.
> 
> 
> When compiling 'tango/text/Regex.d' GDC outputs the following messages.
> 
> tango\math\Math.d:212: Error: function 
> tango.math.Math.min!(dchar,uint).min parameter min._param_zu is already 
> defined
> 
> tango\math\Math.d:2426: Error: template instance 
> tango.math.Math.min!(dchar,uint) error instantiating
> 
> With Linux I can build tango using the same GDC/GCC version compiled 
> from source.
> Also the second message should actually read 'tango\text\Regex.d:2426' 
> but does not.
> 
> I have reduced it down to a specific template signature
>    void max(T...)(T arg)
>    {}
> 
> 
> 
> 
> As a side note, I am attempting to rebuild using the msys environment to 
> rule out any cygwin/posix/mingw inconsistencies.  I have built gdc 
> successively with msys before.
> 
> I was hoping to have tango working with gdc before releasing my notes on 
> building so that I could better test it.  But if someone would like to 
> try it I can post them.
> 
> TDM's GCC/mingw32 Builds : http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/
> goshawk GDC              : http://bitbucket.org/goshawk/gdc/wiki/Home

Could you post the bug report on bitbucket? It will be easier to keep track of that way.