From:	Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Why two identical typedef are considered an error in DJGPP?
Date:	Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:40:55 +0000
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In article <Pine.A41.3.94.970115082052.92882A-
100000 AT acs2 DOT acs DOT ucalgary DOT ca>, Matthew Mastracci
>
>Try encapsulating the line with a define that checks for an arbitrary
>conditional (ie: BYTEdefined) and if it is not set, sets it and then
>defines the conditional.  
>
>Pseudocode:
>
>if not defined "BYTEdefined"
>define "BYTEdefined"
>declare BYTE
>end if

#ifndef BYTE
typedef unsigned char BYTE;
#endif

...is what I usually do.

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