Hi,
I have this macro.
#include<stdio. h>
#include<stdlib .h>
#define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return
0;}
main()
{
int i;
int invalid=0;
printf("enter the number");
scanf("%d",&i);
invalid+=getter (i);
}
The errors I got are:
"get.c", line 10: syntax error before or at: int
"get.c", line 10: warning: syntax error: empty declaration
"get.c", line 11: syntax error before or at: }
This code doesn't work . Can some one help me understand it??
Thank you,
Shastri 12 1899
In article <11************ **********@i39g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>,
Shastri <sa*****@gmail. com> wrote: I have this macro.
#include<stdio .h> #include<stdli b.h> #define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return 0;}
That defines a function. C89 does not permit nested function
definitions, so in C89 you would only be able to use that outside
of a function definition.
main()
int main(void)
{ int i; int invalid=0; printf("ente r the number"); scanf("%d",&i) ;
scanf() is often unsafe to use.
invalid+=gette r(i);
This tries to define the function named get_i right at that point
in the code, inside an existing function definition. Even if you
were using a C that allowed nested definitions, a function *definition*
cannot return a value, so it would not be legal to use one in
a context that required an rvalue .
}
It is better to explicitly return a value from main().
This code doesn't work . Can some one help me understand it??
Why would you want to create a new get_* function for each variable?
Why not just create a single getter -function-, instead of a macro?
Are you trying to essentially expand getter "inline", as a shortcut
to writing out the code at each point? If so then the definition
should merely be something such as
#define getter(a) ((a)>0)
seeing as the result of a comparison is 1 if the comparison is true
and 0 if it is false.
--
"law -- it's a commodity"
-- Andrew Ryan (The Globe and Mail, 2005/11/26)
On Thursday 09 March 2006 21:16, Shastri opined (in
<11************ **********@i39g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>): Hi,
I have this macro.
#include<stdio. h> #include<stdlib .h> #define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return 0;} main() { int i; int invalid=0; printf("enter the number"); scanf("%d",&i); invalid+=getter (i); }
The errors I got are: "get.c", line 10: syntax error before or at: int "get.c", line 10: warning: syntax error: empty declaration "get.c", line 11: syntax error before or at: }
This code doesn't work . Can some one help me understand it??
Your code is trying to declare and invoke a function inside another
function. The former is not possible in C.
It's also not possible to declare and invoke a function in the same
breath. I.e., you can't do:
int s = 42;
int x = int a_func(int s) { return s };
even outside of any function. That's where your first error comes from.
BTW, with GCC 4.0.2 in pedantic mode, I do net get the middle error of
yours.
--
BR, Vladimir
Real programmers don't document; if it was
hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
On Thursday 09 March 2006 21:42, Vladimir S. Oka opined (in
<du*********@nw rdmz02.dmz.ncs. ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>): On Thursday 09 March 2006 21:16, Shastri opined (in <11************ **********@i39g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>):
Hi,
I have this macro.
#include<stdio. h> #include<stdlib .h> #define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return 0;} main() { int i; int invalid=0; printf("enter the number"); scanf("%d",&i); invalid+=getter (i); }
The errors I got are: "get.c", line 10: syntax error before or at: int "get.c", line 10: warning: syntax error: empty declaration "get.c", line 11: syntax error before or at: }
This code doesn't work . Can some one help me understand it??
Your code is trying to declare and invoke a function inside another function. The former is not possible in C.
It's also not possible to declare and invoke a function in the same breath. I.e., you can't do:
int s = 42; int x = int a_func(int s) { return s };
even outside of any function. That's where your first error comes from.
Which is not to say that you couldn't do:
#include<stdio. h>
#include<stdlib .h>
#define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return
0;}
getter(i)
main()
{
int i;
int invalid=0;
printf("enter the number");
scanf("%d",&i);
/* note that here you have to know it's `get_i` */
invalid = get_i(5);
}
What would be the point is beyond me...
--
BR, Vladimir
Paranoia doesn't mean the whole world isn't out to get you. ro******@ibd.nr c-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) writes: In article <11************ **********@i39g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>, Shastri <sa*****@gmail. com> wrote:
I have this macro.
#include<stdio .h> #include<stdli b.h> #define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return 0;}
That defines a function. C89 does not permit nested function definitions, so in C89 you would only be able to use that outside of a function definition.
This hasn't changed in recent versions of the C standard, either.
In article <87************ @mcowan.barracu danetworks.com> ,
Micah Cowan <mi***@cowan.na me> wrote: ro******@ibd.n rc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) writes:
That defines a function. C89 does not permit nested function definitions, so in C89 you would only be able to use that outside of a function definition.
This hasn't changed in recent versions of the C standard, either.
What? You mean they didn't cannonize gcc yet? ;=)
--
"It is important to remember that when it comes to law, computers
never make copies, only human beings make copies. Computers are given
commands, not permission. Only people can be given permission."
-- Brad Templeton
Walter Roberson wrote On 03/09/06 17:41,: In article <87************ @mcowan.barracu danetworks.com> , Micah Cowan <mi***@cowan.na me> wrote:
ro******@ibd. nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) writes:
That defines a function. C89 does not permit nested function definition s, so in C89 you would only be able to use that outside of a function definition.
This hasn't changed in recent versions of the C standard, either.
What? You mean they didn't cannonize gcc yet? ;=)
No; they cannonized the Great Zacchini.
-- Er*********@sun .com
Shastri wrote: Hi,
I have this macro.
#include<stdio. h> #include<stdlib .h> #define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return 0;} main() { int i; int invalid=0; printf("enter the number"); scanf("%d",&i); invalid+=getter (i); }
This code doesn't work . Can some one help me understand it??
It appears to be trying to implement the following in an obscure and
illegal way (using illegal nested functions and attempting to assign the
illegal nested function to an int):
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define getter(a) ((a)>0)
int main(void)
{
int i;
int invalid = 0;
printf("enter the number: ");
fflush(stdout);
scanf("%d", &i);
invalid += getter(i);
return 0;
}
Walter Roberson wrote: In article <11************ **********@i39g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>, Shastri <sa*****@gmail. com> wrote:
I have this macro.
#include<stdio .h> #include<stdli b.h> #define getter(a) int get_##a (int a) { if(a>0) return 1; else return 0;}
That defines a function. C89 does not permit nested function definitions, so in C89 you would only be able to use that outside of a function definition.
main()
int main(void)
{ int i; int invalid=0; printf("ente r the number"); scanf("%d",&i) ;
scanf() is often unsafe to use.
invalid+=gette r(i);
This tries to define the function named get_i right at that point in the code, inside an existing function definition. Even if you were using a C that allowed nested definitions, a function *definition* cannot return a value, so it would not be legal to use one in a context that required an rvalue .
}
It is better to explicitly return a value from main().
This code doesn't work . Can some one help me understand it??
Why would you want to create a new get_* function for each variable? Why not just create a single getter -function-, instead of a macro?
Are you trying to essentially expand getter "inline", as a shortcut to writing out the code at each point? If so then the definition should merely be something such as
#define getter(a) ((a)>0)
seeing as the result of a comparison is 1 if the comparison is true and 0 if it is false. -- "law -- it's a commodity" -- Andrew Ryan (The Globe and Mail, 2005/11/26)
All,
Thanks for your comments. But I studied
here( http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog..._21737426.html)
that Gcc would support nested function definitions. Isn't that true??
Thanks
Shastri
"Shastri" <sa*****@gmail. com> writes:
[...] Thanks for your comments. But I studied here(http://www.experts-exchange.com/Prog..._21737426.html) that Gcc would support nested function definitions. Isn't that true??
That may well be true, but nested functions are a language extension,
not part of standard C, which is what we discuss here.
If you want to discuss the C-like language implemented by gcc, try a
newsgroup or mailing list with "gcc" in its name.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
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