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Re: Compilation issues while including header stddef.h

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Arun <abarun22@gmail.com> writes:

[much snipping]

> Compiling file hal_adf_c.c
>         "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin
> \amd64\cl" /c

> hal_adf_c.c
> ..\..\include\jm72\stddef.h(5) : error C2054: expected '(' to follow
> '__SIZE_TYP
> E__'
> ..\..\include\jm72\stddef.h(6) : error C2085: '__WCHAR_TYPE__' : not
> in formal p
> arameter list
>
> The file stddef.h reads as follows.
>
> #ifndef _STDDEF_H
> #define _STDDEF_H
>
> #define NULL ((void *)0)
> typedef __SIZE_TYPE__ size_t;
> typedef __WCHAR_TYPE__ wchar_t;
> typedef __PTRDIFF_TYPE__ ptrdiff_t;

The problem is almost certainly in hal_adf_c.c before you #include
stddef.h.  Or in another .h file #included immediately before stddef.h

I usually get this sort of thing by forgetting the semicolon on the end
of a structure definition. 
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Compilation issues while including header stddef.h Arun <abarun22@gmail.com> - 2012-01-02 23:25 -0800
  Re: Compilation issues while including header stddef.h Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2012-01-03 07:44 +0000
    Re: Compilation issues while including header stddef.h Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-01-03 07:57 -0500

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