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Porting C++ program from Alpha to Intel

I am trying to run a C++ program on an Intel machine that was previously being run on an Alpha machine. I have gone through and added a new configuration as described in the MSDN library (Port Visual C++ Applications Between Intel-Based and RISC (Alpha or PowerPC)). My problem is that having done this I now get errors and warnings when I compile the program that didn't exist when it was run on the Alpha. Specifically, I get the following errors/warnings:

error C2709 'Identifier' : formal parameter's length in bytes differs from previous declaration
warning C4024 'function' : different types for formal and actual parameter 'number'
warning C4047 'identifier1' : 'operator' : different levels of indirection from 'identifier 2'

Why are these errors cropping up on the Intel platform and not on the Alpha? Does anyone know how to fix these types of errors/warnings?

(Note: I am very new to C++ and therefore need things explained as simply as possible)

Thanks.

jkr

Could you post some code?

EOL

This seems to be a compiler issue. You should try to get the compiler you used with your alpha on intel. Or if possible, use gcc on your alpha and eleminite the errors there, then port it and use gcc for intel.

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EOL

uhyes. It's likely that you got a fair amount of legacy code that M$ was rendering uselss somwhere between the creation and the introduction of their new compiler/librarys.

haydes007

I have to go from VAX/VMS and vice versa all the time while writing programs for school, please post some code.

sjinaz

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Here is some sample code:

float a;
double b,c,d;
float e,f,g;
double h = 1.0;
double i,j;

abc(a, &b, &c, &d, &e, &f, &g, &h, &i, &j);

abc(float a, double *b, double *c, double *d, float *e, float *f, float *g, double *h, double *i, double *j)

This code ran without error on the Alpha but on the Intel machine I get the following error on the function header:

C2709 ('Identifier' : formal parameter's length in bytes differs from previous declaration)

Thanks

jkr

Have you tried sth. like

<rettype> abc(float a, double *b, double *c, double *d, float *e, float *f, float *g, double *h, double *i, double *j);

float a;
double b,c,d;
float e,f,g;
double h = 1.0;
double i,j;

abc(a, &b, &c, &d, &e, &f, &g, &h, &i, &j);

?

It seems that the compiler 'sees' a different declaration...

haydes007

I think abc(a, &b, &c, &d, &e, &f, &g, &h, &i, &j);
is the problem. If you are calling a function with reference paramaters, you don't need to call the reference (&), just the variable. The only places the reference should go are the prototype and the definition.

// Prototype
int abc(int, int &, int &, int &, int &, int &, int &, int &, int &, int &);

// Call
abc(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j);

// Definition
int abc(int a, int &b, int &c, int &d, int &e, int &f, int &g, int &h, int &i, int &j)
{
insert code here;
}

Hope this helps.

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