to build STLport with Watcom you need to go through some setup &
patching steps:

Basic procedure to install/use STLPort with Watcom v11c

1 installing STLPort
====================
You can install STLPort to any path you like.
Simply uncompress the compressed archive & copy it to your chosen path.

For this discussion I have installed STLPort 4.5 directly below d:\stl\

2 Setup an STLPATH environmental variable
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Add the following line to your Autoexec.bat. This will be used to allow Watcom to find the STLPort include files.

SET STLPATH=d:\stl\STLport-4.5\stlport

3 Reboot your PC
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This ensures that the STLPATH environmental variable is now part of your environment.
To check this start a DOS command line session and type SET at the prompt. You should see STLPATH listed.

4 Add the STLPort path to your Watcom project
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You must have Watcom search for STLPort include files before any others. If you are using the IDE, click on Option/C++ Compiler Switches and add the STLPort path to the include directories.

In a typical Watcom project you will have the following in the include directories textbox:

$(%stlpath);$(%watcom)\h;$(%watcom)\h\nt

Note the use of the stlpath environmental variable, rather than an actual path. This allows you to use the same project on any PC which has STLPort, Watcom and the STLPATH environmental variable set.

5 Fixes to get STLPort 4.5.3 to compile with Watcom v11c
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STLPort will NOT compile 'out of the box' with Watcom v11c. The following patches fix the most commonly found issues.

stlport\stl_user_config.h
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line 45 remove the comment from the line:
# define _STLP_NO_OWN_IOSTREAMS 1

stlport\stl\_string.h
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line 98/99 replace:
return find_if((_CharT*)_M_first, (_CharT*)_M_last,
_Eq_char_bound<_Traits>(__x)) == (_CharT*)_M_last;
with
return find_if(_M_first, _M_last,
_Eq_char_bound<_Traits>(__x)) == _M_last;

stlport\stl\_tree.c
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at or about line 37 change from:
# define __iterator__ _Rb_tree_iterator<_Value,_Nonconst_traits<_Value> > # define __size_type__ size_t
to
# define __iterator__ _Rb_tree_iterator<_Value,_Nonconst_traits<_Value> >
# define __size_type__ size_t

-- Regards Kon Tantos ksoft1@attglobal.net or kon.tantos@tafe.nsw.edu.au

Alexander M. Albertian aka Snake
ICQ#3395322
albertianⓐ4ip.ru
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