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Solaris 11 #2 5 109 (11/9/2011 6:52:51 PM) comp.unix.solaris In case anyone hadn't noticed: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html -- Ian Collins ... Ian

Changing effective uid from root to user and back 14 128 (4/15/2011 8:38:26 AM) comp.unix.programmer Is there a simple way the change the effective uid of a process running as root from root to another user and then back to root? I want to verify which users have access to a file. Thanks, -- Ian Collins ... Ian

Member with same name as type 6 68 (6/3/2009 8:37:21 AM) comp.lang.c++ I encountered this example in a C header, is the following legal? typedef long ios; struct X { ios ios; }; It complies with comeau online and Sun CC, but g++ reports /tmp/c.cc:6: error: declaration of '... Ian

The Sociopath Wanker 6 69 (5/31/2009 7:54:33 AM) comp.lang.c OK, times up. This used to be an interesting and helpful group, but Sociopath Wanker's fake posts are the final straw. Goodbye. -- Ian Collins ... Ian

memory exhaustion on Solaris 10 8 327 (4/7/2009 8:12:52 PM) comp.unix.solaris I have a Solaris 10 server that has started running out of swap which causes it to lock up (unable to fork) which requires a power cycle to reboot. The problem appears to happen within a few seconds. I have... Ian

Scope of class template static data members 7 59 (7/14/2008 8:44:16 AM) comp.lang.c++ Consider the following snippet: struct X { static bool called; }; struct Y : X { Y() { called = true; } // g++ is happy with this }; template struct XT { static bool called; }; template bool XT::called;... Ian

Upgrade oddity: z7a 5 76 (6/22/2008 9:04:50 AM) comp.unix.solaris In order to replicate a customer site, I made a clean install of Solaris 10 u1 (from DVD), installed the recommended patches for Live Upgrade, installed the update 5 LU packages the did an upgrade. The upgrade... Ian

A plea for sanity! 21 72 (3/26/2008 10:19:37 PM) comp.lang.c Can we please stop these pantomime oh yes it is, oh no it isn't topicality wars? If someone asks an off topic question, sent them on their way with a polite redirect. If someone posts information you thing is... Ian

Template default constructor possible? 2 68 (10/21/2007 9:13:10 PM) comp.lang.c++ I've never had cause to try this before, but is it possible to have a template default constructor? I wish to pass the type of a singleton to a class and use the static methods of that singleton object in the... Ian

popen/fgets issue 3 92 (6/16/2007 11:28:47 PM) comp.unix.programmer I'm lot sure whether this is Solaris only, but I have an application that reads a group of files form a directory and processes them. I use "ls -m xx*" to get the list of files starting with xx. The problem i... Ian

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const local vs. member 17 6 (4/25/2013 11:43:31 AM) comp.lang.c++ hello group, what do you think/know is faster: Matrix& Matrix::Translate(GLfloat x, GLfloat y, GLfloat z) { const std::array translate = { 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0... 4one (114)

To go with Go or C/C++? 190 6 (5/1/2013 2:05:35 PM) comp.lang.c++ Don't worry, this is not about some religious language war. I'm just lookin= g for some advice from some C/C++ people who can judge better than me since= my experience in C/C++ is very limited. I have been d... jeti789 (31)

Getting some namespace features in C with structs 9 5 (5/3/2013 8:51:15 AM) comp.lang.c One thing I like about some other (non-C) languages is their management of names so I got to wondering: Would it be a good or a bad idea to use C's structs to provide some of the features of namespaces? Un... james.harris.18827 (31)

accidentally deleted /opt/sunstudio 2 10 (5/5/2013 7:23:36 PM) comp.unix.solaris how to reinstall? ... dariusz.dolecki (58)

Standalone C wrapper to C++ library 9 8 (5/7/2013 10:51:45 PM) comp.lang.c Hi all, I am not an experienced C developer and would like to know if there are good resources for, or better yet real-world examples of, wrapping a C++ library in C such that application written using it don'... aditya.siram (54)

Ask for program 9 3 (5/14/2013 1:50:10 AM) comp.lang.c++ Who have c++ program that include string,pointer and 2D array? ... anewme.fa (3)

Temporary Object #2 3 0 (5/15/2013 1:25:16 AM) comp.lang.c++ Assuming we have class C defined as: class C { public: int x, y; C operator++() { ++x, ++y; return *this; } }; So the following line is legal since C is a user defined type: ++C(); But could... haochen (7)

reference type for C 102 2 (5/16/2013 2:08:43 PM) comp.lang.c I like the reference type that has been introduced with C++ I wondered why isn't that feature retrofitted in C. Is there something hindering it? thx - roar - ... roland.arthaud (6)

can't convert from type A* to type B* 4 3 (5/17/2013 3:43:28 AM) comp.lang.c++ I need to change DMapEntry::pData from a char* to a class DMapData that contains the original pointer but still be able to refer to &pData[offset] in DMapEntry without changing it. Is this possible? #include... carl.eichert (1)

String building 14 1 (5/19/2013 9:01:17 PM) comp.lang.c++ I have this class: class failure : public ::std::exception { ::std::string whatStr; public: explicit failure (::std::string what_) : whatStr(::std::move(what_)) {} ~failure () throw() {} ... woodbrian77 (236)