typedef warning in self-referential structure

[Joe]

If anyone can help me resolve the following gcc error, it would be
appreciated. I am receiving this warning for writing this self-referential
structure. Thanx in advance

test.c:8: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration
/************************************************** */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct list_node * list_pointer;
typedef struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
};

int main(void)
{
list_pointer ptr = NULL;

return;
}

/************************************************** */

[Artie Gold]

Joe wrote:

If anyone can help me resolve the following gcc error, it would be
appreciated. I am receiving this warning for writing this self-referential
structure. Thanx in advance

test.c:8: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration
/************************************************** */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct list_node * list_pointer;
typedef struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
};
The problem has nothing to do with being a recursive data structure.
The problem is in your typedef itself -- it doesn't `typedef' to
anything!

You either want:

struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
};

or

typedef struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
} whatever_alias_you_want_for_the_type;


int main(void)
{
list_pointer ptr = NULL;

return;
}

/************************************************** */

[...and don't hit yourself in the forehead more than once (removing
any rings you might wear *first* is probably also a good idea)...]

HTH and Cheers,
--ag

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[Martin Dickopp]

"Joe" <[e-mail]> writes:

If anyone can help me resolve the following gcc error, it would be
appreciated. I am receiving this warning for writing this self-referential
structure. Thanx in advance

test.c:8: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration

typedef struct list_node * list_pointer;
typedef struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
};

You don't provide a new name for the type `struct list_node' in your
second typedef, it is akin to

typedef int;

Try this:

typedef struct list_node_s {
int dummy;
struct list_node_s *link;
} list_node;

You can now refer to the structure type as either `list_node' or
`struct list_node_s', and the declaration of the `link' member makes
use of the second possibility.

Martin

[E. Robert Tisdale]

Joe wrote:

If anyone can help me resolve the following gcc error,
it would be appreciated.
I am receiving this warning

test.c:8: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration

for writing this self-referential structure. cat test.c #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct list_node* list_pointer;
typedef struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
} list_node; // note this fix

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
list_pointer ptr = (list_pointer)malloc(sizeof(list_node));
free((void*)ptr);
return 0;
}
gcc -Wall -std=c99 -pedantic -o test test.c

[Ben Pfaff]

"Joe" <[e-mail]> writes:

typedef struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
};
The keyword "typedef" here is superfluous, because no typedef
names are declared. You should remove it.
int main(void)
{
list_pointer ptr = NULL;

return;
You should return a value (probably 0).
}

--
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--Micah Cowan

[Barry Schwarz]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:24:43 GMT, "Joe" <[e-mail]> wrote:

If anyone can help me resolve the following gcc error, it would be
appreciated. I am receiving this warning for writing this self-referential
structure. Thanx in advance

test.c:8: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration
/************************************************** */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef struct list_node * list_pointer;
typedef struct list_node {
int dummy;
list_pointer link;
};
You are missing something here. Either remove the typedef from the
beginning of the declaration or add the name you are typedef'ing as an
alias for struct list_node.

int main(void)
{
list_pointer ptr = NULL;

return;
}

/************************************************** */

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