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:	Sun, 19 Jan 1997 15:30:42 +0000
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In article <slrn5e086r DOT gp5 DOT davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>, Dave Pearson
<davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> writes
>And it works for you? In that case, this should work:
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>#ifndef BYTE
>typedef unsigned char BYTE;
>#endif
>
>#ifndef BYTE
>typedef unsigned char BYTE;
>#endif
>
>int main( void )
>{
>    return( 0 );
>}
>----------------------------------------------------------------------

Your right, it fails on gcc.

It works on VC4.2, Watcom 10.6 and BorlandC but that may be because they
don't complain about the redefinition anyway (unless it differs).

Looks like I'm getting confused in my old age!

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