Just an FYI ... you must include files like "rtt/corba/ControlTaskServer.hpp" in your source files __before__ you include "curses.h".

Turns out that curses v5.5 (default install for Mac OS X Leopard) and v5.6 (current version in Macports as at 200809) have a define for "timeout". This is a function in ACE/TAO ... giving predictable compiler errors. :-(

HTH
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