From:	davidotoole AT my-dejanews DOT com
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Minor parse problem...
Date:	Tue, 09 Jun 1998 23:08:05 GMT
Organization:	Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion
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Hello! I have a minor question... I recently installed GCC 2.81, and after
some minor startup hassles it worked fine. Then I tried to compile a C
program that included <dpmi.h> and <sys/movedata.h> because I needed
dosmemput() for accessing the VGA RAM. It never got to the link stage- I got
many *parse* errors in the *header file*, not in my .c file.  The message
was, "(line#) Parse error before "size_t" in movedata.h" or something to that
effect. I examined the header file and found no obvious error. But while
looking I saw a note at the top of <movedata.h> that said something like,
"this should only be included from other header files like XXXX or XXXX, not
by itself." So I thought DPMI.H might include it itself, and it might be
doing something wrong if included more than once. So I commented out the
#include and left the one for dpmi.h alone. It worked fine; apparently dpmi
includes it already.

So the problem appears to be solved, but I'd like to know why it happened so I
can solve it if it happens again.

Thanks!

-dave

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