Mail Archives: djgpp/1995/01/28/21:13:29
> I was having problems with an enum data type, as such:
>
> enum boolean {false, true};
>
> and GCC reported a parse error before false.
Be advised, "false" and "true" are keywords in C++. They're a recent
addition, and most vendors haven't implemented them yet -- but GCC has.
If your program is written in C++, or if the compiler *thinks* it is,
then you'll get exactly the error you reported. If your program is
really a C program (not C++), you can add "-x c" to the compiler command
line, to make sure that the compiler treats it as a C program regardless
of its filename suffix. If it's a C++ program, though, you are going to
have to change the program to solve this problem.
Incidentally, "bool" is also a keyword in C++ now. These are not GNU
extensions; they are mandated by the emerging ANSI/ISO C++ standard.
John Polstra jdp AT polstra DOT com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth
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