Hi. Don't see anywhere to attach the example file, so it will be pasted in after the brief problem description.
The compiler error output is quite terse so I've no idea what it thinks is wrong. G++ doesn't seem to understand the difference between a member function and the used of the global scope :: operator. The idea is to create a C++ class to wrap up together the X Display data type along with it's associated functions. Although I'm not a language lawyer, I've successfully used this same approach on other platforms. Thanks for addressing the issue :-) Sincerely, Richard Hummel below is main.cpp with G++ version and OS info ---------------------------------------------------------- /* --------------GCC & OS INFOMRATION ------------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ g++ --version g++ (GCC) 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30) Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ---------------------CMD LINE USED -------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] gerr]$ g++ main.cpp main.cpp:66: error: expected `)' before void main.cpp:66: error: expected `)' before void [EMAIL PROTECTED] gerr]$ */ #include <X11/Xlib.h> #include <X11/X.h> #include <X11/Xutil.h> #include <X11/cursorfont.h> using namespace std; ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// class RDisplay { private: RDisplay() { /*nada */ } Display *m_pDisplay; Screen *m_pScreen; int m_iScreenNumber; public: RDisplay(char *p) {/*nada */} virtual ~RDisplay() {/*nada */} operator Display* () { return m_pDisplay; } // X defines int DefaultScreen(Display *display); /* Ok, we are going to use the standard technique of wrapping together the data and functions together, in this case it is X stuff. we want to create a "wrapper class" and force the association between the Display and the Display functions. G++ errors with: */ // main.cpp:66: error: expected `)' before void int DefaultScreen(void) { return ::DefaultScreen(m_pDisplay); } }; ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { RDisplay r(NULL); return(1); } ---------------------------------------------------------------------- main.cpp EOF -- Summary: Language Related Product: gcc Version: 4.1.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: hummrj6 at wfu dot edu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29861