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From: kbesrl@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Need help with "C" errors
Message-ID: <22100017@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 28 Sep 90 17:37:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!kbesrl    Sep 28 12:37:00 1990


Hello,

I am trying to compile the fillowing piece of code (part of a larger file from GNU distribution)
on RISC/Ultrix (DECstation 3100) and I get the following error.  I would really appreciate if
someone could help me out.
Thanks.
-- sudhakar
sudha@kbesrl.me.uiuc.edu

CODE:
-----   
Lisp_Object
FormatIntegerProperty(buff,count,format)
     VOID *buff;
     unsigned long count;
     int format;
{
  switch (format)
    {
    case 8 : return FormatInteger8Property((char *)buff,count);
    case 16 : return FormatInteger16Property((int16 *)buff,count);
    case 32 : return FormatInteger32Property((long *)buff,count);
    default : return Qnil;
    }
}

ERROR:
------

ccom: Error: property.c, line 128: buff undefined
          case 8 : return FormatInteger8Property((char *)buff,count);
      -------------------------------------------------------^
(ccom): property.c, line 130: cannot recover from earlier errors: goodbye!
      }