From: "Olaf van der Spek" <Olaf AT XCC DOT TMFWeb DOT NL>
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Subject: Re: Using zlib
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 07:53:11 +0200
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"Steamer" <dontmailme AT iname DOT com> schreef in bericht
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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?

Sorry, I found the error:
#define ZEXPORT WINAPI
#include "zlib.h"

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