From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: help with compiler errors?
Date:	Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:07:44 +0200
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garry reid wrote:
> 
> does anybody know of a good resource for understanding all the errors that i
> inevitably get in my attempts to write simple programs then compile and run
> them?

There is no listing of the error messages emitted by the compiler.  They are
supposed to be self-explaining.  If they aren't, please report them to the
compiler maintainers as bugs.

> for eg what is a "parse" error?

A ``parse error'' in GCC's parlance means a syntax error.  In other words,
your source says something that the compiler doesn't understand.

If you cannot figure this out, post the code fragment which triggered this
message (the number of the offending line is printed right before the message
text), and someone will help you.

> I find the help menus of the djgpp pretty useless really.

Which ``help menus'' are those, and why do you think they are useless?

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