"Vladimir Oka" <no****@btopenworld.com> wrote:
Olaf "El Blanco" wrote:
You should have tried to post some code as well... 19 ..\tipos.h previous declaration of 'ccc' was here
This probably means that you have multiple (same) declaration of the
symbol `ccc`, and that the first one was on line 19. You should also
have an error message telling you where the duplicate was found.
Olaf, you do not mention if 'ccc' is a type or variable name.
I will assume it is a type, based on the file name you provide.
A common source for this problem is header files without multiple
inclusion guards. For example, if I have the following two header
files:
file tipos.h:
...
typedef short int ccc;
...
file a.h:
...
#include "tipos.h"
...
And then a C source file includes both, the typedef for ccc will be
processed twice:
file c.c:
...
#include "tipos.h"
#include ""a.h" /* <- ccc multiple declaration error here */
... /* when tipos.h is processed a second */
/* time. */
The solution is to block the C preprocessor from using the contents of
any single header file more than once, as follows:
file tipos.h:
#ifndef TIPOS_H_INCLUDED
#define TIPOS_H_INCLUDED
...
typedef short int ccc;
...
#endif /* TIPOS_H_INCLUDED */
file a.h:
#ifndef A_H_INCLUDED
#define A_H_INCLUDED
...
#include "tipos.h"
...
#endif /* A_H_INCLUDED */
file c.c:
...
#include "tipos.h"
#include ""a.h" /* <- ok, the contents of tipo.h are */
... /* ignored the 2nd time */
Occasionally you will see the same technique applied to typedefs or
variables:
...
#ifndef BOOLEAN
#define BOOLEAN
typedef unsigned char boolean;
#define FALSE 0
#define TRUE 1
#endif /* BOOLEAN */
...
On the other hand, if ccc is a variable, you are probably defining it
in a header file. Change the definition to a declaration ("extern ???
ccc;") and define it in a single C source file.
