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From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Trouble with Lattice 5
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Date: 29 Mar 90 01:07:47 GMT
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In article <15028@snow-white.udel.EDU> (Robert Devantier) writes:
>Greetings!
>  I have been having problems with Lattice C, and was wondering if
>someone can help me out.  
>#include <exec/exec.h>
>main()
>  { printf("Hello.\n"); }
>
>I get the following results, compiling with: lc test.c
>
>Compiling test.c
> UBYTE ln_Type;
>exec/nodes.h 7 Error 35: closing brace expected
	... etc

Welcome to the C language. There is absolutely nothing wrong with
your compiler. The error message above indicates that in the
file exec/nodes.h on line 7 a closing brace was expected. This
somewhat bizarre message stems from the fact that the word UBYTE
is undefined and thus it is being treated as a variable name and
not a type as it was intended. That causes the compiler to see the
opening brace of a structure definition, then a variable when what
it really wanted was either a type, or a closing brace indicating
that the structure definition was complete. 

To fix this include the line :
#include <exec/types.h>

in your program at the top of the file before any other includes.
This will define things like UBYTE and the compiler will be happy
to chew on your source code. For a better understanding of what
is going on, read any book on C about the C preprocessor and look
at the source of the file Compiler_Headers/Exec/exec.h on your
Lattice distribution disks. It should make sense after that.


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