Re: Error inMac Inform Compiler


22 Jun 1995 17:31:59 GMT

In article <gjuN2tu00WB4AQevxh@andrew.cmu.edu>,
Andrew C. Plotkin <erkyrath+@CMU.EDU> wrote:
>b94tle@albireo.tdb.uu.se (Tobias Lehtipalo) writes:
>> When I try to compile any of the example games in ftp.gmd.de with
>> version 2.11 of Inform5.4 compiler for the mac I get this error:
>>
>> Error: An initialised global variable was defined only in pass
>> one > End
>
>You mean version 2.11 of the Inform 5.5 compiler, right? That's the
>one that was just uploaded this week.
>
>It has no trouble with the Inform libraries version 5/10. I was able
>to get *those* by downloading the generic Inform 5.5 beta release and
>untarring it.
>
>I don't know whether the error on the 5/8 libraries is a problem with
>Inform 5.5 or just the Mac port. I suspect Inform, since, well, it's a
>compiler error.
>
>--Z
>
>"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."

I've compiled every piece of Inform code available with Inform 5.5 and
the 5/10 Library; they all worked fine. I believe there is an
incompatibility between Inform 5.5 and previous versions of the
library. Graham says as much in the release note:

"It is recommended that Inform 5.5 should only be used with library
release 5/10 and later (there was a minor bug in 5/9 which, although not
spotted in play, might cause compilation snags)."

I should have mentioned this in my upload announcement. Sorry for any
difficulties this may have caused.

Robert