Hi,
This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help
with it:
The the file.h:
#define IBFLEN 50000
int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
int *IRET);
Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
error: parse error before numeric constant
I have tried several variations but I am at a lost as the to true
cause. The function is from a FORTRAN library and as such the
arguments must be addresses and not copy. If I change IBFLEN to an int
and not use the #define method, it might work, but I would like to
understand why this error occurs.
Thanks for your help.
/Sheldon 7 1985
Sheldon wrote:
Hi,
This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help
with it:
The the file.h:
#define IBFLEN 50000
This here
>
int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
Conflicts with this. The compiler sees "..., int *50000, ..."
int *IRET);
Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
error: parse error before numeric constant
I have tried several variations but I am at a lost as the to true
cause. The function is from a FORTRAN library and as such the
arguments must be addresses and not copy. If I change IBFLEN to an int
and not use the #define method, it might work, but I would like to
understand why this error occurs.
Thanks for your help.
/Sheldon
Bye, Jojo
Joachim Schmitz wrote:
Sheldon wrote:
>Hi,
This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help with it:
The the file.h:
#define IBFLEN 50000
This here
>> int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
Addition: don't do this in a header file. Declare them extern here and
define them in a .c file.
Think about what otherwise happens if that header files in #include'd in
other modules of the same program
>> extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
Conflicts with this. The compiler sees "..., int *50000, ..."
>int *IRET);
>Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
error: parse error before numeric constant
I have tried several variations but I am at a lost as the to true cause. The function is from a FORTRAN library and as such the arguments must be addresses and not copy. If I change IBFLEN to an int and not use the #define method, it might work, but I would like to understand why this error occurs.
Thanks for your help. /Sheldon
Bye, Jojo
Sheldon wrote:
Hi,
This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help
with it:
The the file.h:
#define IBFLEN 50000
int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
int *IRET);
Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
error: parse error before numeric constant
The #define says "when you see IBFLEN, see 50000 instead". #defines
don't follow C identifier scope rules; they're just text replacement.
The pbbufr_ [try saying that three times quickly, or even slowly]
declaration becomes
extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *50000, int *ILEN,
int *IRET);
which is clearly wrong: argument names can't be integers.
So don't do that. An easy fix is to make your parameter names lower-case,
so they don't clash with the traditional UPPERCASEFORMAC ROS #define
name. If I were renaming them, I'd also strip of the leading `i` and
disabbreviate the name too -- but your local culture might not take
that much warping.
--
"Ashes are burning the way." - Renaissance, /Ashes Are Burning/
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registered office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN 690597 England
On 28 Feb, 10:44, "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.j...@sc hmitz-digital.de>
wrote:
Sheldon wrote:
Hi,
This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help
with it:
The the file.h:
#define IBFLEN 50000
This here
int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
Conflicts with this. The compiler sees "..., int *50000, ..."
int *IRET);
Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
error: parse error before numeric constant
I have tried several variations but I am at a lost as the to true
cause. The function is from a FORTRAN library and as such the
arguments must be addresses and not copy. If I change IBFLEN to an int
and not use the #define method, it might work, but I would like to
understand why this error occurs.
Thanks for your help.
/Sheldon
Bye, Jojo
Hi Jojo,
I see but changing to ... int IBFLEN instead of int *IBFLEN results in
the same error.
Cahnging the argument to: just IBFLEN doesn't help either.
Any suggestions?
/S
Sheldon wrote:
On 28 Feb, 10:44, "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.j...@sc hmitz-digital.de>
wrote:
>Sheldon wrote:
>>Hi,
>>This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help with it:
>>The the file.h:
>>#define IBFLEN 50000
This here
>>int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
>>extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
Conflicts with this. The compiler sees "..., int *50000, ..."
>>int *IRET); Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
>>error: parse error before numeric constant
>>I have tried several variations but I am at a lost as the to true cause. The function is from a FORTRAN library and as such the arguments must be addresses and not copy. If I change IBFLEN to an int and not use the #define method, it might work, but I would like to understand why this error occurs.
>>Thanks for your help. /Sheldon
Bye, Jojo
Hi Jojo,
I see but changing to ... int IBFLEN instead of int *IBFLEN results in
the same error.
Indeed, as 'int 50000' is as illegal as 'int *50000'
Cahnging the argument to: just IBFLEN doesn't help either.
Any suggestions?
Drop the variable names, in prototyps the ain't needed. Or make them
lowercase, as Chris Dollin suggested, this would be needed in the function
definition anyway.
Bye, Jojo
On 28 Feb, 11:08, "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.j...@sc hmitz-digital.de>
wrote:
Sheldon wrote:
On 28 Feb, 10:44, "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.j...@sc hmitz-digital.de>
wrote:
Sheldon wrote: Hi,
>This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help with it:
>The the file.h:
>#define IBFLEN 50000
This here
>int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
>extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
Conflicts with this. The compiler sees "..., int *50000, ..."
>int *IRET); Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
>error: parse error before numeric constant
>I have tried several variations but I am at a lost as the to true cause. The function is from a FORTRAN library and as such the arguments must be addresses and not copy. If I change IBFLEN to an int and not use the #define method, it might work, but I would like to understand why this error occurs.
>Thanks for your help. /Sheldon
Bye, Jojo
Hi Jojo,
I see but changing to ... int IBFLEN instead of int *IBFLEN results in
the same error.
Indeed, as 'int 50000' is as illegal as 'int *50000'
Cahnging the argument to: just IBFLEN doesn't help either.
Any suggestions?
Drop the variable names, in prototyps the ain't needed. Or make them
lowercase, as Chris Dollin suggested, this would be needed in the function
definition anyway.
Bye, Jojo- Dölj citerad text -
- Visa citerad text -
I see. I understand. Made them lower case now and will remove the
names.
Thanks!
/S
Sheldon <sh******@gmail .comwrites:
On 28 Feb, 10:44, "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.j...@sc hmitz-digital.de>
wrote:
>Sheldon wrote:
This is a simple mistake so Iam sure there is someone who can help
with it:
The the file.h:
#define IBFLEN 50000
This here
int IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1, IUNIT2, ILOOP, KERR;
extern void pbbufr_(int *IUNIT1, int *IBUFF, int *IBFLEN, int *ILEN,
Conflicts with this. The compiler sees "..., int *50000, ..."
int *IRET);
Compiling gives the following error with the function prototype:
error: parse error before numeric constant
I have tried several variations but I am at a lost as the to true
cause. The function is from a FORTRAN library and as such the
arguments must be addresses and not copy. If I change IBFLEN to an int
and not use the #define method, it might work, but I would like to
understand why this error occurs.
[...]
>
I see but changing to ... int IBFLEN instead of int *IBFLEN results in
the same error.
Cahnging the argument to: just IBFLEN doesn't help either.
Any suggestions?
You're using the same name, IBFLEN, for a macro and for a function
parameter.
You're also using the same names for several int objects and for
several other parameters: IRET, ILEN, IUNIT1. But several of the
parameters aren't also declared as variables, and vice versa.
It looks like you're trying to write Fortran in C, though I don't know
Fortran well enough to understand the details. In C, function
parameters only need to be declared in the prototype; you don't need
to declare them separately.
Furthermore, variables can be *declared* in headers, but they
shouldn't be *defined* in headers, as you've done here. And if the C
code that uses the header doesn't need to refer to the variables, you
don't need to declare them in the header at all.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) <ks***@mib.or g>
Nokia
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