[mythtv] Re: compiling mythtv frontend for cygwin

Mario L superm1 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 18:47:34 UTC 2004


whoops that code should for the small app should have been


int main()
{
    QStringList theLIST;
     theLIST << "Hello";
     theLIST << "World";
    for (QStringList::Iterator it = theLIST.begin();it !=
theLIST.end(); ++it )
    {
         cout<<*it<<endl;
    }
    return 0;
}


On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:46:36 -0500, Mario L <superm1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well i have broken it down to for sure that it is iterator problems.
> There are only so many things that you can comment out in there that
> use iterators before you have a non functioning program however :).
> Launching from a command shell with the log "-l logfile.txt" will
> maintain all paths, ex share/mythtv/mysql.txt etc... and log right to
> a file.  I have pinpointed the first place it segfaults to main.cpp in
> mythfrontend, meaningly
> 
>                     for (QStringList::Iterator it = verboseOpts.begin();
>                          it != verboseOpts.end(); ++it )
> 
> Of course that line is only reached if you try to use a switch for "-v
> ______", but this is almost the 15th line of the app, there are only
> so many things that could cause it!  That verboseOpts.begin() line
> seems to seg fault it.  The funny thing is that QT uses that same sort
> of syntax all over with .begin() and .end() in alot of files, with no
> problem.  If you try to make a short app using iterators like:
> 
> #include <qapplication.h>
> #include <iostream>
> using namespace std;
> 
> int main()
> {
>      QStringList theLIST;
>       theLIST << "Hello";
>       theLIST << "World";
>      for (QStringList::Iterator it = verboseOpts.begin();it !=
> verboseOpts.end(); ++it )
>      {
>           cout<<*it<<endl;
>      }
>      return 0;
> }
> 
> There are no issues whatsoever with the above code, so perhaps its not
> even the fact of the using the iterators, but perhaps the text being
> put into the QStringList.
> 
> The next instance for myth is in globalsettings.cpp
> 
>         addSelection(QObject::tr("Desktop Style"), "");
>         QStyleFactory factory;
>         QStringList list = factory.keys();
>         QStringList::iterator iter = list.begin();
>         for (; iter != list.end(); iter++ )
>             addSelection(*iter);
> 
> Again it will segfault at the list.begin() line which makes me think
> that maybe its not actually the text being put in wrong.
> 
> Whichever the case, I made a post to the kde-cygwin list in hopes that
> some of the QT experts out there can lend an ear.
>


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