UCHAR undeclared

[tirzan]

Hi all,

I'm trying to reuse a piece of code in C, but I have some problems, I
hope you can help me.

summarizing I have a:

typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;

and a function:

void foo( bufferType typeIn ){
...
}
when in the main I call the function foo, with for example:

foo(UCHAR);

I have an error: "UCHAR undeclared"

any hint?

thanks a lot,
tirzan

[Chris Dollin]

tirzan wrote:

I'm trying to reuse a piece of code in C, but I have some problems, I
hope you can help me.

summarizing
Don't.

Show us the /exact/ code. If you don't know what's wrong, how
can you know what's relevant?
I have a:

typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;

and a function:

void foo( bufferType typeIn ){
...
}
when in the main I call the function foo, with for example:

foo(UCHAR);

I have an error: "UCHAR undeclared"

any hint?

I /guess/ you haven't included the declaration of `foo` or
of `bufferType` in the compilation unit containing `main`,
but since I can't see your code, it's just a guess.

--
Chris "not a Tuvela" Dollin
"To say that the human is thus and so is almost always to lie automatically."

[pete]

tirzan wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to reuse a piece of code in C, but I have some problems, I
hope you can help me.

summarizing I have a:

typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;

and a function:

void foo( bufferType typeIn ){
...
}

when in the main I call the function foo, with for example:

foo(UCHAR);

I have an error: "UCHAR undeclared"

any hint?

Not really.

/* BEGIN new.c */

typedef enum {
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;

void foo(bufferType typeIn)
{
typeIn;
}

int main(void)
{
foo(SCHAR);
return UCHAR;
}

/* END new.c */
--
pete

[Flash Gordon]

tirzan wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to reuse a piece of code in C, but I have some problems, I
hope you can help me.

summarizing I have a:
Hello Mr Mechanic, my car won't start. Here are the sparc plugs and the
ignition key, what is wrong with my car?

Always provide a small *complete* example illustrating the problem. I
would say compilable, but obviously if as is the case here the problem
is you can't compile it then that is not appropriate.
typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;
You do know that typdef does not really create a new type in C don't you.
and a function:

void foo( bufferType typeIn ){
So for this function there is nothing to stop any integer from being
passed in, you are not limited to the enumerations.
...
}
when in the main I call the function foo, with for example:

foo(UCHAR);

I have an error: "UCHAR undeclared"

any hint?

Yes, the definition of UCHAR is not in scope at the point where you call
foo. Either it is before you define it, in a different file, or
something. Had you provided your actual code people could tell you the
actual problem.
--
Flash Gordon, living in interesting times.
Web site - http://home.flash-gordon.me.uk/
comp.lang.c posting guidelines and intro:
http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/Intro_to_clc

[Martin Ambuhl]

tirzan wrote:

summarizing I have a: typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType; and a function: void foo( bufferType typeIn ){
...
} when in the main I call the function foo, with for example:
foo(UCHAR);
I have an error: "UCHAR undeclared" any hint?

Please post your real code. I believe you have misdiagnosed your
problem. The following code incorporates *all* the information you ahve
given. Please see if it produces the diagnostic that you report.

typedef enum
{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;

void foo(bufferType typeIn)
{
/* ... */
}

int main(void)
{
foo(UCHAR);
return 0;
}

[tirzan]

tirzan wrote:

summarizing I have a:

typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType; any hint?

thanks everybody, I solved the problem: other UCHARs somewhere in the
code (with different enum order), then the solution was:

typedef enum{
t_UCHAR,
t_SCHAR,
t_INT
} bufferType;

in the code. Now it runs... not really elegant... but it compile ;-)

thank you guys, and sorry if i didn't put the code, but I was working
with at least 10 files open, I'm not so sadistic to let you read so
much code for me ;-)
bye,
tirzan

[Sjouke Burry]

tirzan wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to reuse a piece of code in C, but I have some problems, I
hope you can help me.

summarizing I have a:

typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;

and a function:

void foo( bufferType typeIn ){
...
}
when in the main I call the function foo, with for example:

foo(UCHAR);

I have an error: "UCHAR undeclared"

any hint?

thanks a lot,
tirzan

Typedef is no declaration ,only

BufferType typeIn;

somewhere in your scope is a declaration.

Typedef defines a type(as the name suggests),
and can be used to declare a variable.

[pete]

Sjouke Burry wrote:

tirzan wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to reuse a piece of code in C, but I have some problems, I
hope you can help me.

summarizing I have a:

typedef enum{
UCHAR,
SCHAR,
INT
} bufferType;

and a function:

void foo( bufferType typeIn ){
...
}
when in the main I call the function foo, with for example:

foo(UCHAR);

I have an error: "UCHAR undeclared"

any hint?

thanks a lot,
tirzan

Typedef is no declaration ,only

BufferType typeIn;

somewhere in your scope is a declaration.

Typedef defines a type(as the name suggests),
and can be used to declare a variable.

Defining a type is also a declaration.

All definitions in a translation unit are also declarations.

--
pete