+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #722942 +++

Same behaviour seen in RHEL 5 as is seen in RHEL 6 in cloned BZ

Description of problem:

The problem is that readline shouldn't be defining isxdigit as a macro ever. That is wrong in C++ because it is a template function. If you look at ctype.h you see the correct declaration which is excluded from C++ with: 

#if !defined __NO_CTYPE && !defined __cplusplus
<snip>
# define isxdigit(c)    __isctype((c), _ISxdigit)

This is a bug in readline.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
CURRENTRELEASE

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
$ cat test.C 
#include <string> 
#include <readline/readline.h> 
#include <iostream> 

using namespace std; 

int main() { 
cout<<"Hi There "<<isxdigit(19)<<endl; return 0; 
} 


$ g++ test.C


Actual results:

In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/ios:47,

                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/ostream:44,

                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/iostream:44,

                 from test.C:3:

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/localefwd.h:90:35: error: macro "isxdigit" passed 2 arguments, but takes just 1

In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/basic_ios.h:44,

                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/ios:50,

                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/ostream:44,

                 from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/iostream:44,

                 from test.C:3:

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/locale_facets.h:4609:45: error: macro "isxdigit" passed 2 arguments, but takes just 1

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/localefwd.h:90: error: 'std::isxdigit' declared as an 'inline' variable

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/localefwd.h:90: error: template declaration of 'bool std::isxdigit'

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/bits/locale_facets.h:4609: error: invalid function declaration

Expected results:

No garbage.

Additional info:

A simple fix in readline would be to add 

!defined __cplusplus to the declaration in chardefs.h

    75  #if !defined (isxdigit) && !defined (HAVE_ISXDIGIT)
    76  #  define isxdigit(c)   (isdigit((c)) || ((c) >= 'a' && (c) <= 'f') || ((c) >= 'A' && (c) <= 'F'))
    77  #endif

so that line 75 ends up being:

    75  #if !defined (isxdigit) && !defined (HAVE_ISXDIGIT) && !defined (__cplusplus) 
    76  #  define isxdigit(c)   (isdigit((c)) || ((c) >= 'a' && (c) <= 'f') || ((c) >= 'A' && (c) <= 'F'))
    77  #endif