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From: dontmailme AT iname DOT com (Steamer)
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Subject: Re: Using zlib
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 14:45:18 GMT
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Olaf van der Spek wrote:

>I got a problem using zlib. I compiled it to a .a file fine.
>When I try to compile a file that includes zlib.h, I get this error:
>Syntax error before '(' in for exampe this line:
>ZEXTERN const char * ZEXPORT zlibVersion OF((void));

It looks as if OF is not defined, or not correctly defined.  Are you
#including some other file before zlib.h that might #define OF?
Can you post a minimal example of some code that causes this problem,
together with a full list of the errors that gcc reports?

I'm using zlib in something I'm currently working on, and I haven't
had any problems with it.

S.

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