From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Parse Error Before '*'
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 15:54:54 -0500
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> Lyle (lpak1 AT NO_SPAMccds DOT cc DOT monash DOT edu) writes:
> 
> >> extern frob_t * my_var;
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > yer, if i would have included the line i;m sure you would have all
> > laughed and guven me the answer in the a second - it was simply the
> > 'far' word.

i remember telling Lyle, following his post where he said

>> Now i try compile and i am getting a "parser 
>> error before '*'" in a lot of my header files (then of course 
>> nothing>  compiles). I am to a lost as what i am doing wrong? I have 
>> read the FAQ and only found an extract saying " C++ comments not 
>> supported in C" My code is only C, not C++. Has anyone every 
>> experienced this problem and could advice me on how to rectify the 
>> situation. (lyle)

that:

>how about you show us some of the code that seems to be generating 
>these errors? (an alternative is to post these questions to
>news:alt.mindreading.programmers.) most probably you have stuff like
>NEAR and FAR sprinkled around, but i cannot tell without seeing the
>offending code. (sinan)

> 
> *groan!* Good God, that should have occurred to me too. One for the 
> FAQ Eli? I'll even write it for you:

it is obvious that neither of you really look at the faq, because under
chapter 17. Converting DOS Programs/Libraries to DJGPP, there is
question 17.7 What should I do with those "near" and "far" declarations? 
which addresses this issue. so, check your faqs before you post claiming
that something is not in the faq.

  -- Sinan