From: "Damian Yerrick" <web DOT poison AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: Sample C++ code in c.o.m.d
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 20:02:00 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
news:Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 991021141800 DOT 2684T-100000 AT is...
>
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Damian Yerrick wrote:
>
> > When I compile some of the sample C++ code I get in
> > comp.os.msdos.djgpp, gcc gives me an error.

c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:102: parse error before `va_list'
seven times.

> Please post the exact error messages and the compilation command
> line.

Copied straight from the DOSBOX:

C:\Windows\Desktop\comp.os.msdos.djgpp>gcc hello.c -o hello.exe
hello.c:1: parse error before `:'
In file included from hello.c:3:
c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:102: parse error before `va_list'
c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:103: parse error before `va_list'
c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:104: parse error before `va_list'
c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:126: parse error before `va_list'
c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:138: parse error before `va_list'
c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:139: parse error before `va_list'
c:/personal/djgpp/include/stdio.h:140: parse error before `va_list'
hello.c:11: parse error before `:'

file://start of hello.c
#include <stdio.h>

/* c comments are perfectly OK */
file://but comments like this screw up
int main(void)
{
  puts("hello comp.os.msdos.djgpp");
  return 0;
}
file://end of hello.c

It works fine when I remove the comments.
Funny, C comments don't give me any problems.