[PyKDE] Compiling sip 4.1.1, PyQt 3.13, PyKDE 3.11.3 on Solaris8micro-Howto

[Jim Bublitz]

On Monday 07 March 2005 01:13, Holger Joukl wrote:
> Giovanni wrote:
> >...
> >Your GCC compiler is almost 6 years old now. Isn't about time to update
> >it? It would probably solve this and other problems with C++ codebases..

> Well, we are in the process of moving to a newer GCC. But we have quite
> a lot of production code right now compiled with 2.95.2. Moreover, our
> intention was to wait as long as possible to maybe see some standardization
> regarding ABI and name mangling issues.

The intention is that PyKDE should work for any KDE version >= 3.0 which 
implies systems still running gcc 2.95. While I like gcc and Gnu software 
generally, things like gcc and autotools don't have a stellar upgrade record 
- there can be some real issues just moving from one version to another.

> >> <sipkdecorepart0.cpp>
> >> ...
> >>  48633                          sipRes = reinterpret_cast<const
> >> QValueList<int> *>( &sipCpp -> KStartupInfoData::pids() );
> >>  48634
> >>  48635                          PyObject *sipResObj
> >> sipConvertFrom_QValueList_1800(const_cast<QValueList<int> *>(sipRes));
> >>  48636
> >>  48637                          return sipResObj;
> >>  48638                  }
> >>  48639          }
> >> ...
> >> </sipkdecorepart0.cpp>
> >
> >I'm not sure a reinterpret_cast is *ever* a solution. Probably the point
> >is where it is assumed that pid_t is int, rather than using pid_t
> >directly.

> I first tried to make QValueList<long> work with sip but did not succeed
> immediately:-) (will look up how to
> do that in the newly released snapshots which should fix this problem). But
> above solution obviously works
> for me and, as pointed out, int and long are the same for 32 bit compiles
> on my machine.
> Which makes a QValueList<int> the exact same as a QValueList<long> and
> which makes the reinterpret_cast
> perfectly valid int this situation.
> Imho the solution is ugly because you have to modify *generated* code - but
> it is a solution nevertheless.

QValueList<long> is in sip/dcop/typedefs.sip; so is the modified pid_t 
typedef. It may not be a perfectly correct fix, but it appears to work on my 
system, yours, and the other reports I've had so far. If it still breaks 
something, it'll get more attention.

Jim