Tinyxml produces 50 compiler errors in my application

[kiseitai2]

Hi,

I'm in a Windows Vista machine and, when I try to compile my program's code, I get compiler errors that are not related to my app. I'm using Code::Blocks 10.05 with the MinGW (gcc) compiler set. The application I'm doing is a simple game engine (mostly for fun and learning). However, I'm using tinyxml to create a basic xml class so I can have externally generated data, such as texture locations, in my final engine. I don't know how to approach this problem. Thank you!


Here's the log:

C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|55|error: syntax error before "TiXmlString"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|56|error: syntax error before '{' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|62|error: syntax error before "npos"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|62|warning: data definition has no type or storage class|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|66|error: syntax error before ':' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|71|error: syntax error before '&' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|74|error: syntax error before '(' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|74|error: conflicting types for 'memcpy'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|74|error: conflicting types for 'memcpy'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|74|error: syntax error before '.' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|78|error: syntax error before ':' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|81|error: syntax error before '(' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|81|error: syntax error before ')' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|85|error: syntax error before "size_type"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|88|error: syntax error before '(' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|88|error: syntax error before ')' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h||In function `c_str':|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|128|error: syntax error before '{' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|197|error: syntax error before '&' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|215|error: syntax error before '}' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|217|error: syntax error before "sz"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|227|error: syntax error before "intsNeeded"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|250|error: storage class specified for parameter `Rep'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|250|error: syntax error before "nullrep_"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|255|error: syntax error before "operator"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|92|error: parameter `TIXML_MAJOR_VERSION' is initialized|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|93|error: parameter `TIXML_MINOR_VERSION' is initialized|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|94|error: parameter `TIXML_PATCH_VERSION' is initialized|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|101|error: syntax error before "TiXmlCursor"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|101|warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|106|error: syntax error before '}' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|159|warning: enum defined inside parms|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|159|warning: empty declaration|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|168|warning: enum defined inside parms|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|168|warning: empty declaration|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|170|error: syntax error before "TIXML_DEFAULT_ENCODING"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|221|error: syntax error before "condense"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|221|error: storage class specified for parameter `SetCondenseWhiteSpace'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|262|error: syntax error before '&' token|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|262|error: storage class specified for parameter `EncodeString'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|284|warning: enum defined inside parms|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|284|warning: empty declaration|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|286|error: syntax error before "protected"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|290|error: storage class specified for parameter `bool'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|290|error: redefinition of parameter 'bool'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinystr.h|255|error: previous definition of 'bool' was here|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|290|error: syntax error before "IsWhiteSpace"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|316|error: syntax error before "TiXmlString"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|320|error: storage class specified for parameter `ReadText'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|323|error: syntax error before "TiXmlEncoding"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|323|error: storage class specified for parameter `GetEntity'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|327|error: syntax error before "TiXmlEncoding"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|328|error: storage class specified for parameter `GetChar'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|371|error: storage class specified for parameter `errorString'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|373|error: syntax error before "TiXmlCursor"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|380|error: syntax error before "TiXmlEncoding"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|380|error: storage class specified for parameter `IsAlpha'|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|381|error: syntax error before "TiXmlEncoding"|
C:\Users\Kiseitai2\Documents\Dev-Cpp Projects\Engine_Eureka\tinyxml.h|381|error: storage class specified for parameter `IsAlphaNum'|
||More errors follow but not being shown.|
||Edit the max errors limit in compiler options...|
||=== Build finished: 50 errors, 8 warnings ===|

[weaknessforcats]

In tinystr.h at line 55 the compiler got into trouble.

The actual error is there or at some point earlier.

Look around TiXmlString.

Fix only the first error then rebuild. Often later errors are the result of previous errors and go away when the previous error is fixed.

[kiseitai2]

Thanks! I'm gonna take a closer look around there. It concerns me , however, that I never changed any part of the original source code. I was expecting it to compile since I trust MinGW and the work of the tinyxml community. Thanks again!

[weaknessforcats]

It may be that tinystr.h needs you to include some other header before it is included. Or, it may be you need a build flag set.

You could post the code around the tinystr.h include and then the first 55 lines of tinystr.h. We could take a peek

[kiseitai2]

I took a look at the tinyxml code and it seems the problem has to do with a macro, which defines a type used in the code. Now, I'm terrible with macros. In fact, I only know how to recognize them, but I try to stay away from them. Here's the code snippet before line 55 that may be causing the syntax error:

#ifndef TIXML_USE_STL
 
#ifndef TIXML_STRING_INCLUDED
#define TIXML_STRING_INCLUDED
 
#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>
 
/*    The support for explicit isn't that universal, and it isn't really
    required - it is used to check that the TiXmlString class isn't incorrectly
    used. Be nice to old compilers and macro it here:
*/
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1200 )
    // Microsoft visual studio, version 6 and higher.
    #define TIXML_EXPLICIT explicit
#elif defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3 )
    // GCC version 3 and higher.s
    #define TIXML_EXPLICIT explicit
#else
    #define TIXML_EXPLICIT
#endif
 

I tried changing the elif part to if or else if and both gave errors. I also know that the source came with a Makefile and a Visual Studio solution file (.sln), so the Makefile may have any extra flags I am not aware. I will compare Code::Blocks's Makefile to tinyxml's and merge any flags tomorrow. Finally, I don't include tinystr.h into my code, but it is implemented by tinyxml.cpp/ tinyxml.h. Thanks and good night.

[kiseitai2]

I solved the problem. I gotta face-palm for this. The issue was that, since I originally created the project as an empty project, the compiler used was defined by the source code's file extension. That is totally fine until you allow Code::Blocks to save your files with the C file extension (.c) instead of C++'s extension (.cpp). That was triggering the C compiler instead of the C++ compiler. Sorry for wasting your time.