From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2004-12-05T21:01:50+09:00
Subject: Re: FXRuby and the latest snapshot(s)

Am Sonntag, 5. Dezember 2004 09:19 schrieb Joel VanderWerf:
> Martin Kahlert wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > i am not able to compile FXRuby since about 1 month with the latest
> > snapshots. I tried the old (1.0.29 with the latest fox-1.0.53) and the
> > new API (1.2.2 and fox-1.2.11).
...
> > FXRuby.cpp:64: error: declaration of C function
> >    `void st_foreach(st_table*, int (*)(char*, char*, char*), char*)'
> >    conflicts with
> >    /SW/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux/intern.h:249: error:
> >       previous declaration
> >    `void st_foreach(st_table*, int (*)(), long unsigned int)' here
...
> Did anyone ever find a way to fix this? (I'm seeing it with FXRuby-1.2.2
> and fox-1.2.11, linux, gcc 3.2.2, ruby 1.8.2 (2004-11-18) [i686-linux].)

I had the same problem. FXRuby doesn't work with Ruby 1.8 preview 3.
Use Ruby 1.8 preview 2 instead.

Here is what Lyle Johnson wrote as answer to my post on Fri, 3 Dec 2004:
(Subject was: "FXRuby-1.2.2 fails to compile")
 
> As Kevin noted, this is a known problem that I plan to resolve in the
> next release. (It will presumably break builds for FXRuby 1.0.29 as
> well.)
> 
> The declaration for Ruby's st_foreach() function changed in the latest
> preview release for Ruby 1.8.2 and that is the source of the breakage.
> To be fair, st_foreach() isn't really a part of the "public" C API for
> Ruby and so I shouldn't have been relying on its stability. Live and
> learn. ;)
 
-- 
Stefan