[vtkusers] Compilation Errors error: ISO C++ says that these are ambiguous, even though the worst convesion for the first is better than theworst conversion for the second

[Luca Pallozzi Lavorante]

Hi Kent, I have successfully compiled VTK with the modifications you 
suggested.
Many thanks for your help.

     Luca

>>
>>
>> You didn't mention the compiler you are using; I assume its gcc.
>>
>> Edit places where "seekg" is called with its first argument equal to 
>> the sum of two or more terms (e.g., a+b or a+b+c). The fix is to just 
>> reverse the order of the terms (e.g., b+a or b+c+a). Changes will be 
>> needed in two places in each of two files, vtkBMPReader.cxx and 
>> vtkImageReader.cxx, found in VTK directory IO.
>>
>> The bug in the compiler was fixed but I don't know if its yet been 
>> released.
>>
>> Kent Eschenberg
>> Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
>>
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