[MacPorts] #73999: netgen @6.2.2604 fails to build with gcc: error: no matching function for call to 'std::basic_string<char>::erase(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*, std::basic_string<char> >, std::basic_string<char>::const_iterator)'
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#73999: netgen @6.2.2604 fails to build with gcc: error: no matching function for
call to 'std::basic_string<char>::erase(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >, std::basic_string<char>::const_iterator)'
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Reporter: barracuda156 | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Keywords: | Port: netgen
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/netgen-874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/bitarray.cpp
In file included from /opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.cpp:2:
/opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.hpp: In member function
'virtual ngcore::Archive& ngcore::TextInArchive::operator&(std::string&)':
/opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.hpp:1170:16: error: no
matching function for call to
'std::basic_string<char>::erase(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >, std::basic_string<char>::const_iterator)'
1170 | str.erase(std::remove(str.begin(), str.end(), '\r'),
str.cend());
|
~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/basic_string.h:57,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/string:54,
from
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/locale_classes.h:40,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/ios_base.h:41,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/ios:44,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/istream:40,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/sstream:40,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/complex:45,
from /opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.hpp:7:
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>& std::basic_string<_CharT,
_Traits, _Alloc>::erase(size_type, size_type) [with _CharT = char; _Traits
= std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; size_type = long
unsigned int]'
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:23: note: no known
conversion for argument 1 from '__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >' to 'std::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka
'long unsigned int'}
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator) [with _CharT =
char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>;
iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
1768 | erase(iterator __position)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate
expects 1 argument, 2 provided
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3406:6: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator, iterator)
[with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc =
std::allocator<char>; iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
3406 | basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3407:39: note: no known
conversion for argument 2 from '__normal_iterator<const char*,[...]>' to
'__normal_iterator<char*,[...]>'
3407 | erase(iterator __first, iterator __last)
| ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
/opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.hpp:1178:18: error: no
matching function for call to
'std::basic_string<char>::erase(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >, std::basic_string<char>::const_iterator)'
1178 | str.erase(std::remove(str.begin()+old_size, str.end(),
'\r'), str.cend());
|
~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>& std::basic_string<_CharT,
_Traits, _Alloc>::erase(size_type, size_type) [with _CharT = char; _Traits
= std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; size_type = long
unsigned int]'
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:23: note: no known
conversion for argument 1 from '__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >' to 'std::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka
'long unsigned int'}
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator) [with _CharT =
char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>;
iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
1768 | erase(iterator __position)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate
expects 1 argument, 2 provided
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3406:6: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator, iterator)
[with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc =
std::allocator<char>; iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
3406 | basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3407:39: note: no known
conversion for argument 2 from '__normal_iterator<const char*,[...]>' to
'__normal_iterator<char*,[...]>'
3407 | erase(iterator __first, iterator __last)
| ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
In file included from /opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/bitarray.cpp:12:
/opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.hpp: In member function
'virtual ngcore::Archive& ngcore::TextInArchive::operator&(std::string&)':
/opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.hpp:1170:16: error: no
matching function for call to
'std::basic_string<char>::erase(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >, std::basic_string<char>::const_iterator)'
1170 | str.erase(std::remove(str.begin(), str.end(), '\r'),
str.cend());
|
~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/basic_string.h:57,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/string:54,
from
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/locale_classes.h:40,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/ios_base.h:41,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/ios:44,
from /opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/ostream:40,
from /opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/bitarray.hpp:12,
from /opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/bitarray.cpp:11:
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>& std::basic_string<_CharT,
_Traits, _Alloc>::erase(size_type, size_type) [with _CharT = char; _Traits
= std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; size_type = long
unsigned int]'
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:23: note: no known
conversion for argument 1 from '__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >' to 'std::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka
'long unsigned int'}
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator) [with _CharT =
char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>;
iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
1768 | erase(iterator __position)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate
expects 1 argument, 2 provided
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3406:6: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator, iterator)
[with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc =
std::allocator<char>; iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
3406 | basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3407:39: note: no known
conversion for argument 2 from '__normal_iterator<const char*,[...]>' to
'__normal_iterator<char*,[...]>'
3407 | erase(iterator __first, iterator __last)
| ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
/opt/local/var/macports/build/netgen-
874f0f7c/work/netgen-6.2.2604/libsrc/core/archive.hpp:1178:18: error: no
matching function for call to
'std::basic_string<char>::erase(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >, std::basic_string<char>::const_iterator)'
1178 | str.erase(std::remove(str.begin()+old_size, str.end(),
'\r'), str.cend());
|
~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>& std::basic_string<_CharT,
_Traits, _Alloc>::erase(size_type, size_type) [with _CharT = char; _Traits
= std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>; size_type = long
unsigned int]'
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1752:23: note: no known
conversion for argument 1 from '__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<char*,
std::basic_string<char> >' to 'std::basic_string<char>::size_type' {aka
'long unsigned int'}
1752 | erase(size_type __pos = 0, size_type __n = npos)
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator) [with _CharT =
char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc = std::allocator<char>;
iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
1768 | erase(iterator __position)
| ^~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:1768:7: note: candidate
expects 1 argument, 2 provided
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3406:6: note: candidate:
'std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::iterator
std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::erase(iterator, iterator)
[with _CharT = char; _Traits = std::char_traits<char>; _Alloc =
std::allocator<char>; iterator = std::basic_string<char>::iterator]'
3406 | basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/opt/local/include/gcc14/c++/bits/cow_string.h:3407:39: note: no known
conversion for argument 2 from '__normal_iterator<const char*,[...]>' to
'__normal_iterator<char*,[...]>'
3407 | erase(iterator __first, iterator __last)
| ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
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