[Lemon-user] Using NetworkSimplex Algorithm

[Alpar Juttner]

On Thu, 2013-06-13 at 11:46 +0000, T.A. Heba Essam wrote:
> Dear Alpar, 
> 
> I tried so many alternatives, the only thing that compiles for me is
> your piece of advice of including header files of lemon before VS ones.

That's great. I still highly recommend isolating (direct or indirect)
any use of windows.h (or any other nasty headers) in dedicated object
files.

Regards,
Alpar


> 
> Thanks, 
> Heba
> ________________________________________
> From: Alpár Jüttner [alpar.juttner at gmail.com] on behalf of Alpar Juttner [alpar at cs.elte.hu]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:01 PM
> To: T.A. Heba Essam
> Cc: Kovács Péter; lemon-user at lemon.cs.elte.hu
> Subject: Re: [Lemon-user] Using NetworkSimplex Algorithm
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Well, I actually found out that many other "#include" cause the
> > problem, not only stdafx.h :(
> >
> > Seems like it doesn't accept including files rather than lemon ones or
> > else it gives compilation errors!! which I can't do as I'm using LEMON
> > as a part of my project. Sounds weird, having no clue how this can be
> > handled.
> 
> LEMON should work seamlessly with _any_ correctly written header files,
> we put high emphasis on compatibility, and are very conservative to put
> nothing into the global namespace in order to avoid conflicts with other
> packages.
> 
> Note that, however, the Visual Studio header files are _not_ written
> correctly. They are ridiculously badly designed and fails to follow even
> the most basic coding principles. For example windows.h has #define
> declarations (yes, #define not const values or enums) for random keyword
> such as "Arc", "IN" or "OUT". This means that you shoot yourself in the
> foot e.g. if the try to name class as "Arc" even if it is in your own
> namespace.
> 
> It may help if you include the window header _after_ the LEMON ones.
> Then it cannot overwrite LEMON's code with its stupid #define
> declarations. But it will still spoil your codes.
> 
> The only safe solution is to completely avoid including windows.h (or
> using in separated .cc files only, see below), whether or not you use
> LEMON.
> 
> > mmmmm I may separate the Lemon usage parts in different simple files
> > (where I won't need to include any external headers) and call them far
> > from any other place within my project. Will try it and keep you
> > updated.
> 
> Why not do it the other way around? Put the guilty one in the prison,
> not every one else!
> Write wrapper functions for your windows.h calls and place them into a
> separate .cc.
> 
> In fact, LEMON does the same internally, and does it for the very same
> reason. All Windows system call are placed in lemon/bits/windows.cc, and
> nowhere else do we use #include<windows.h>.
> 
> See http://lemon.cs.elte.hu/trac/lemon/ticket/215 for more details.
> 
> Regards,
> Alpar
> 
> 
> >
> > Regards,
> > Heba Essam
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Kovács Péter [kpeter at inf.elte.hu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:52 AM
> > To: T.A. Heba Essam
> > Cc: Alpar Juttner; lemon-user at lemon.cs.elte.hu
> > Subject: Re: [Lemon-user] Using NetworkSimplex Algorithm
> >
> > Hi Heba,
> >
> > I checked your code example. Without #include "stdafx.h", it compiles
> > and runs correctly for me using GCC compiler (well, INFINITE must be
> > defined then, e.g. #define INFINITE 1000000).
> >
> > Therefore, the problem may be related to your stdafx.h or the compiler.
> > Could you try compiling the code without including stdafx.h?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > On 2013.06.12. 12:24, T.A. Heba Essam wrote:
> > > Thanks Alpar :)
> > >
> > > Then, I still hope if we can figure out the cause of these errors.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Heba
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Alpár Jüttner [alpar.juttner at gmail.com] on behalf of Alpar Juttner [alpar at cs.elte.hu]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:14 AM
> > > To: T.A. Heba Essam
> > > Cc: Kovács Péter; lemon-user at lemon.cs.elte.hu
> > > Subject: Re: [Lemon-user] Using NetworkSimplex Algorithm
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >> Note: as VS 2010 is 32-bit while LEMON is 64,
> > >
> > > There is nothing 64-bit specific in LEMON.
> > >
> > >>   can this cause the problem by any means?
> > >
> > > No, it cannot.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Alpar
> > >
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