GCC 6 error: macro "min" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2

[hfs]

FYBA fails to compile with GCC 6:

make[2]: Entering directory '/home/user/Downloads/fyba/src/FYBA'
/bin/bash ../../libtool  --tag=CXX   --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../..  --pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DUNIX -DLINUX -fPIC -Wno-write-strings -I../GM -I../UT   -g -O2 -MT FYLU.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/FYLU.Tpo -c -o FYLU.lo FYLU.cpp
libtool: compile:  g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. --pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wall -O2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DUNIX -DLINUX -fPIC -Wno-write-strings -I../GM -I../UT -g -O2 -MT FYLU.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/FYLU.Tpo -c FYLU.cpp  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/FYLU.o
In file included from /usr/include/c++/6/bits/char_traits.h:39:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/string:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/bits/locale_classes.h:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/locale:39,
                 from FYLU.cpp:11:
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:243:56: error: macro "min" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
     min(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp)
                                                        ^
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:265:56: error: macro "max" passed 3 arguments, but takes just 2
     max(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp)
                                                        ^
In file included from stdafx.h:12:0,
                 from FYLU.cpp:7:
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:195:5: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘const’
     min(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b)
     ^
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:195:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘const’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:195:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘const’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:195:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘const’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:195:5: error: expected initializer before ‘const’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:219:5: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘const’
     max(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b)
     ^
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:219:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘const’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:219:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘const’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:219:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘const’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:219:5: error: expected initializer before ‘const’
In file included from /usr/include/c++/6/bits/char_traits.h:39:0,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/string:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/bits/locale_classes.h:40,
                 from /usr/include/c++/6/locale:39,
                 from FYLU.cpp:11:
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:243:5: error: ‘std::min’ declared as an ‘inline’ variable
     min(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp)
     ^~~
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:246:7: error: expected primary-expression before ‘if’
       if (__comp(__b, __a))
       ^~
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:246:7: error: expected ‘}’ before ‘if’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:246:7: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘if’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:248:7: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘return’
       return __a;
       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:265:5: error: ‘max’ declared as an ‘inline’ variable
     max(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp)
     ^~~
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:268:7: error: expected primary-expression before ‘if’
       if (__comp(__a, __b))
       ^~
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:268:7: error: expected ‘}’ before ‘if’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:268:7: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘if’
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:270:7: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘return’
       return __a;
       ^~~~~~
/usr/include/c++/6/bits/stl_algobase.h:271:5: error: expected declaration before ‘}’ token
     }
     ^
Makefile:472: recipe for target 'FYLU.lo' failed
make[2]: *** [FYLU.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Downloads/fyba/src/FYBA'
Makefile:457: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/Downloads/fyba'
Makefile:366: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

As a temporary fix you can move #include "stdafx.h" below the other includes in src/FYBA/FYLU.cpp.

My g++ and libstdc++-6-dev version is 6.3.0-12ubuntu2 on Ubuntu zesty.

[adamjstewart]

I ran into the same problem with GCC 6.1.0 on CentOS 6.9. Your temporary fix worked perfectly!

[sickel]

Tried compiling on rocky linux 9, gcc 11.4.1, The mentioned fix does not help, so I am not able to compile.