embed_api2 build issue: stdin, stdout, stderr
Andy Dougherty
doughera at lafayette.edu
Mon Dec 6 18:47:18 UTC 2010
I tried to take a quick look at the embed_api2 branch. It failed with the
strange-looking error message:
"./include/parrot/api.h", line 241: syntax error before or at: &
Ultimately, the problem is that it is using 'stdin', 'stderr', and
'stdout' as variable names, when <stdio.h> (or some file included by that)
has already #defined them. On Solaris 10, for example, you get
#define stdin (&__iob[0])
#define stdout (&__iob[1])
#define stderr (&__iob[2])
(which explains the odd reference to '&' in the error message).
Simply renaming the variables to something like 'mystdin', etc.,
should make that problem go away.
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Andy Dougherty doughera at lafayette.edu
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