From:	Ian Miller <itmiller AT dera DOT gov DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: d_button_proc - errors in C++, but not C?
Date:	23 Feb 2000 14:11:37 +0000
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Riddler02 AT aol DOT com writes:

> runs perfectly.  However, if I change its name to EX13.CPP (or anything.cpp 
> for that matter), I get the following error at every occurrence of the 
> d_button_proc function when I try to compile:

:)

That's because it's written in C not in C++.
One *can* write code to compile under both languages,
but this Allegro example evidently has not been written that way.

It's not strange, it's just not C++.

Regards,
Ian
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Ian Miller, Dorset, UK
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