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From: jc@atcmp.nl (Jan Christiaan van Winkel)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Syntax errors in include files????
Message-ID: <594@atcmpe.atcmp.nl>
Date: 3 May 90 07:15:43 GMT
References: <1990May2.152425.24723@druid.uucp>
Organization: AT Computing, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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 In article <222@dynasys.UUCP> jessea@dynasys.UUCP () writes:
>I'm getting all kinds of syntax errors from include files when I try
>to compile stuff - like times.h, types.h.  Can anyone tell me why
>I'm getting syntax errors from my include files?  I haven't done any

Suggestion: try running the C preprocessor alone. This may give you more info
on where exactly the problem is. Also, look for missing/extraneous semicolons,
comma's etc. just before including a file. Example:
suppose your last line before #include <sys/types.h> is:
typedef mytyp int    /* no semicolon here */
Then the first non comment line in #include <sys/types.h> (something like
typedef uchar unsigned char;), will produce a syntax error. This is easily seen
in a CC -E:

typedef mytyp int    
typedef uchar unsigned char;

Hope this helps you.. Good hunting!
JC
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