error: expected ')' before '*' token -- What is this ?

[Ram Prasad]

I am trying to write a simple libspf2 plugin code for my postfix
( milter)
I am getting this unhelpful error message when I try to compile

gcc -g1 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/spf2 -I. -c mfunc.c
In file included from mfunc.c:1:
mfunc.c:42: error: expected ')' before '*' token
make: *** [mfunc.o] Error 1

my mfunc.c has on the line 42
-----------------------
.. . . . .
SPF_result_t spfcheck_s(SPF_ request_t *ecm_spf_reques t, char* ip,
char* helo, char* sender) {
SPF_response_t *spf_response = NULL;
SPF_result_t t;
SPF_request_set _ipv4_str( ecm_spf_request , ip );
SPF_request_set _helo_dom( ecm_spf_request , helo );
SPF_request_set _env_from( ecm_spf_request , sender );
SPF_request_que ry_mailfrom(ecm _spf_request, &spf_respons e);
t = SPF_response_re sult(spf_respon se);
SPF_response_fr ee(spf_response );
return t;
}

.. . . . .


So what could be the error ?
Thanks
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[Ram Prasad]

>

We still need the definitions for all the SPF_*_t types, particularly,
SPF_result_t and SPF_request_t.

But these are standard header files
I got one file url here
http://csourcesearch.net/package/lib.../include/spf.h

Thanks
Ram

[Mark Bluemel]

Ram Prasad wrote:

>>We still need the definitions for all the SPF_*_t types, particularly,
SPF_result_ t and SPF_request_t.

But these are standard header files

No - they are part of a specific package. Nothing standard about them as
far as the C language goes.

I do wonder whether you'd get better help about developing with this
package by posting to a forum specifically for it, rather than a general
C newsgroup. Looking here <http://www.libspf2.org/support.htmlsug gests
some possibilities.

[Ram Prasad]

On Jul 31, 7:33 pm, Mark Bluemel <mark_blue...@p obox.comwrote:

Ram Prasad wrote:

>We still need the definitions for all the SPF_*_t types, particularly,
SPF_result_t and SPF_request_t.

But these are standard header files

No - they are part of a specific package. Nothing standard about them as
far as the C language goes.

I do wonder whether you'd get better help about developing with this
package by posting to a forum specifically for it, rather than a general
C newsgroup. Looking here <http://www.libspf2.org/support.htmlsug gests
some possibilities.

But that is not a group of programmers. I simply wanted to know what
this error means
error: expected ')' before '*' token

Definetly it loooks like a syntax error , but there is absolutely no
error on that line
If I comment out the entire function and its declaration , then I dont
get this error. I just declare this function , without even defining
the code for it and gcc gives me this stupid error

[santosh]

Ram Prasad wrote:

On Jul 31, 7:33 pm, Mark Bluemel <mark_blue...@p obox.comwrote:

>Ram Prasad wrote:

>>We still need the definitions for all the SPF_*_t types, particularly,
SPF_result_ t and SPF_request_t.

But these are standard header files

No - they are part of a specific package. Nothing standard about them as
far as the C language goes.

I do wonder whether you'd get better help about developing with this
package by posting to a forum specifically for it, rather than a general
C newsgroup. Looking here <http://www.libspf2.org/support.htmlsug gests
some possibilities.

But that is not a group of programmers. I simply wanted to know what
this error means
error: expected ')' before '*' token

Definetly it loooks like a syntax error , but there is absolutely no
error on that line
If I comment out the entire function and its declaration , then I dont
get this error. I just declare this function , without even defining
the code for it and gcc gives me this stupid error

Find out the definition for all the SPF_*_types in the function declaration
and definition. What do they resolve into? Do you compile in ISO C
conforming mode or in someother mode? Is the code GNU C specific? If not,
try compiling with another compiler like Intel' or MSVC.

It's highly unlikely to a gcc bug. There must be some syntax error in your
code and header files. Try to compile a minimal program that still exhibits
the error. You can do that by leaving out stuff that are not absolutely
necessary for successful compilation or for exhibiting the error.

[Mark Bluemel]

Ram Prasad wrote:

On Jul 31, 7:33 pm, Mark Bluemel <mark_blue...@p obox.comwrote:

>>Ram Prasad wrote:

>>>>We still need the definitions for all the SPF_*_t types, particularly,
SPF_result_ t and SPF_request_t.

>>>But these are standard header files

No - they are part of a specific package. Nothing standard about them as
far as the C language goes.

I do wonder whether you'd get better help about developing with this
package by posting to a forum specifically for it, rather than a general
C newsgroup. Looking here <http://www.libspf2.org/support.htmlsug gests
some possibilities.

But that is not a group of programmers.

It very like is, and it's probably a group of people who have developed
with this library and these header files. But if you don't want my
advice it hasn't cost you anything.

I simply wanted to know what
this error means
error: expected ')' before '*' token

It means the compiler expected something in parentheses to have been
completed, and the closing parenthesis supplied, before a '*' on line 42.

Definetly it loooks like a syntax error , but there is absolutely no
error on that line

Have you examined the code which the compiler is compiling?

I suggest you run the gcc compiler with whatever option will show you
the results of the precompiler - perhaps "-E". Examine that code and
work backwards.

[Al Balmer]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:31:47 -0700, Ram Prasad
<ra**********@g mail.comwrote:

>I am trying to write a simple libspf2 plugin code for my postfix
( milter)
I am getting this unhelpful error message when I try to compile

gcc -g1 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/spf2 -I. -c mfunc.c
In file included from mfunc.c:1:
mfunc.c:42: error: expected ')' before '*' token
make: *** [mfunc.o] Error 1

my mfunc.c has on the line 42
-----------------------
. . . . .
SPF_result_t spfcheck_s(SPF_ request_t *ecm_spf_reques t, char* ip,
char* helo, char* sender) {

We still don't have enough information, but making some assumptions
and wild guesses, I suspect that the compiler is not recognizing
"SPF_request_t" . Check it's definition, make sure the definition is
visible to the code with the error, and make sure you spelled
everything correctly. Do the same for all the strange types being
used.

--
Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ

[Richard Tobin]

In article <11************ **********@d30g 2000prg.googleg roups.com>,
Ram Prasad <ra**********@g mail.comwrote:

>gcc -g1 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/spf2 -I. -c mfunc.c
In file included from mfunc.c:1:
mfunc.c:42: error: expected ')' before '*' token

That is a very strange error message. If the files you have posted
are right, mfunc.c is not included in mfunc.c at line 1. Have you
omitted part of the error message? Or do you have a file mdef.h that
contains preprocessor output from some version of mfunc.c (perhaps
in /usr/local/include/spf2)? Check that the files all contain what
you expect them to.

-- Richard
--
"Considerat ion shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.

[William Hughes]

On Jul 31, 6:31 am, Ram Prasad <ramprasad...@g mail.comwrote:

I am trying to write a simple libspf2 plugin code for my postfix
( milter)
I am getting this unhelpful error message when I try to compile

gcc -g1 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/spf2 -I. -c mfunc.c
In file included from mfunc.c:1:
mfunc.c:42: error: expected ')' before '*' token
make: *** [mfunc.o] Error 1

I usually get this error when I mess up syntax (e.g. miss
a semicolon) or a header file has not been included properly.
Looks like things like SPF_request_t are not being recognized.
Make sure that the SPF.h (or whatever) files are included
and found (a message like "file SPF.h not found" is easy
to miss).

- William Hughes

>
my mfunc.c has on the line 42
-----------------------
. . . . .
SPF_result_t spfcheck_s(SPF_ request_t *ecm_spf_reques t, char* ip,
char* helo, char* sender) {
SPF_response_t *spf_response = NULL;
SPF_result_t t;
SPF_request_set _ipv4_str( ecm_spf_request , ip );
SPF_request_set _helo_dom( ecm_spf_request , helo );
SPF_request_set _env_from( ecm_spf_request , sender );
SPF_request_que ry_mailfrom(ecm _spf_request, &spf_respons e);
t = SPF_response_re sult(spf_respon se);
SPF_response_fr ee(spf_response );
return t;

}

. . . . .

So what could be the error ?

Thanks
Ram

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[jacob navia]

Al Balmer wrote:

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:31:47 -0700, Ram Prasad
<ra**********@g mail.comwrote:

>I am trying to write a simple libspf2 plugin code for my postfix
( milter)
I am getting this unhelpful error message when I try to compile

gcc -g1 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/spf2 -I. -c mfunc.c
In file included from mfunc.c:1:
mfunc.c:42: error: expected ')' before '*' token
make: *** [mfunc.o] Error 1

my mfunc.c has on the line 42
-----------------------
. . . . .
SPF_result_t spfcheck_s(SPF_ request_t *ecm_spf_reques t, char* ip,
char* helo, char* sender) {

We still don't have enough information, but making some assumptions
and wild guesses, I suspect that the compiler is not recognizing
"SPF_request_t" . Check it's definition, make sure the definition is
visible to the code with the error, and make sure you spelled
everything correctly. Do the same for all the strange types being
used.

I thought about the same problem but then, I saw that in that case it
wouldn't have recognized "SPF_result " either...

and canceled my post.

[John Bode]

On Jul 31, 5:31 am, Ram Prasad <ramprasad...@g mail.comwrote:

I am trying to write a simple libspf2 plugin code for my postfix
( milter)
I am getting this unhelpful error message when I try to compile

gcc -g1 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/spf2 -I. -c mfunc.c
In file included from mfunc.c:1:
mfunc.c:42: error: expected ')' before '*' token
make: *** [mfunc.o] Error 1

my mfunc.c has on the line 42
-----------------------
. . . . .
SPF_result_t spfcheck_s(SPF_ request_t *ecm_spf_reques t, char* ip,
char* helo, char* sender) {

[snip]

Based on what you've posted here, SPF_request_t has not been properly
defined at this point; either you haven't #included the right header
file, or the header file has a syntax error in it.