Mathemagix

[Julien Wintz <address@concealed>]

The file atteched by Gregoire works fine.

I've also tried the other solution which is replacing generic by string 
in basix_globals.cpp but I can't find the corresponding header so it 
does not compile ...

Ju.

Joris van der Hoeven wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 02:58:36PM +0200, Grégoire Lecerf wrote:
> > That would be better to agree on a uniform and clean solution :-)
> > Julien, could you try the attached file in replacement without any other 
> > previously discussed modification?
> > Joris, Bernard, does this solution seem ok?
>
> Not sure that this will work in all circumstances,
> besides the fact that it prevents from clean destruction.
>
> The best fix remains not to use any global variables of
> type generic in basix. Of course, replacing generic by string
> for the MMX_* symbols does induce a slight performance penalty.
> But maybe we should go for safety and portability first.
>
> [...]
> > TMPL_DEF
> > class mixed_symbol_rep REP_STRUCT {
> > public: // FIXME: should become private
> >   static table<Mixed_symbol_rep*,C,eq_op>& mixed_symbol_entries () {
> >     static table<Mixed_symbol_rep*,C,eq_op>* t =
> >       new table<Mixed_symbol_rep*,C,eq_op>((Mixed_symbol_rep*) NULL);
> >     return *t;
> >   }
> [...]
> >   inline Mixed_symbol_rep (const C& ref2):
> >     ref (ref2), h (soft_hash (ref)), shared (true) {
> >     static table<Mixed_symbol_rep*,C,eq_op>& t =
> >       Mixed_symbol_rep::mixed_symbol_entries ();
> >     t [ref]= this;
> >   }