From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: strange parse error
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 07:52:29 +0000
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Fleminge wrote:
> 
>   I am writing a game using djgpp,allegro and rhide. When I write:
> struct ball{int x,y;} i get a "parse error before {". if i change the
> name from "ball" to somthing else, like "ball_" this problem disappers,
> but i get a "parse error before ."when i try to acces the variables in
> the "ball_" struct. can someone please help me out?
> i am attaching the file to this meesage.

You have several significant problems in this code.  First, you don't
say whether you are building it as C or C++.  If you're using C, then
you are making a number of serious syntactical errors:  nonconstant
initializers, variables in the middle of blocks, etc..  If you're using
C++, then I don't see why, as you use no C++ constructs except for what
I've mentioned here, and there's no reason to use C++ just for them.  I
also got a number of other errors and warnings when I tried to compile
your code (the fact that I don't have your header file notwithstanding).

However, your main problem is this:  you never define any variables of
type 'ball'.  Having a struct definition isn't enough; you must define
an actual variable in order to use it.

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