Re: Tn5250 compile under IBM Aix 5.3

[Scott Klement <tn5250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If this were the case, it would manifest itself on all systems (not just 
AIX).

I'm gonna try to build this thing in PASE and see what I get.



On 5/13/2010 7:14 PM, Dennis Lovelady wrote:
> I can only come up with one scenario that might produce the "warning:
> incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function malloc" error like
> this on AIX 5.3, given that<stdlib.h>  is included in the source. That would
> be the situation where some piece of code (perhaps a macro) uses the malloc
> function before<stdlib.h>  is included.  See the following example:
>
> void *myFunc(int size) {
>      void *ptr ;
>      ptr = malloc(size) ;
>      }
>
> #include<stdlib.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
>      char *dummy ;
>      dummy = myFunc(1024) ;
>      }
>
> This could be innocently manifest with code that would look like this:
>
> #include "myFunc.h"
> #include<stdlib.h>
>
> (where myFunc.h incorrectly contains the code rather than just a prototype.)
>
> Unfortunately, I have yet to prove this theory on an AIX 5.3 system.  Maybe
> Alberto or Mark could?
>
> Is it possible that repositioning the #include would provide benefit?  (I
> have yet to see the source.)
>
> Dennis Lovelady
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady