[perl #120544] Visual C 6 C++ mode syntax errors in Perl_av_extend_guts about goto'ing around a var initialization

On Sun Nov 17 20:51:40 2013, bulk88 wrote:
> ..\pp_ctl.c(125) : error C2446: ':' : no conversion from 'struct p5rx
> *(__cdecl
> *)(struct sv **const  ,int,struct op *,const struct regexp_engine
> *,struct p5rx
> *,char *,unsigned long,unsigned long)' to 'struct p5rx *(__cdecl
> *const )(struct
> sv **const  ,int,struct op *,const struct regexp_engine *,struct p5rx
> *volatile
> ,char *,unsigned long,unsigned long)'
> This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a C-style cast or
> function-
> style cast
> ..\pp_ctl.c(129) : error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'

I suspect it's the volatime on th the p5rx parameter.

Which the compiler shouldn't consider part of the function type.

Tony


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