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From:	ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Subject:	Weirdest compile error I've ever seen
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Date:	Mon, 17 Jul 1995 07:01:26 GMT
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I went to compile the source for an equation-graphing program (math and
graphics intensive) and got a really strange pair of compile-time error
messages:

c:\tmp/cc000091:1: parse error before `.'
c:\tmp/cc000091:917: malformatted character constant

I've never seen it reference a tmp file before...
I checked my code. Line 1 says

#include <graphics.h>

There's nothing wrong with the '.'

There is no line 917; the code is only 270 or so lines.
Obviously, the line numbers here bear no relation to the source lines...

As for the other error, I have no character constants... nor can there be
a typo making there seem to be one: I searched the code for the apostrophe
character and there are none!

All the required libraries were included in the command line; I checked
that all the needed #includes are there; and yes, I have a coprocessor.

So what gives? Is there some way to glean meaningful information from
these messages? Or has my compiler itself got a serious bug?

Please respond by e-mail...

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