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Article #4518Re: errno.h problems in DEC 'C'
From: Derick J.R. Qua-Gonzalez
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 04:23
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 04:23
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thomasgd@boat.bt.com (Greg Thomas) writes: I'm trying to porting some >code to Alpha/DEC 'C' from VAX/VAX 'C'. We have, however, hit a >problem with the <errno.h> include file. It #defines it to be >(*cma$tis_errno_get_addr()). The trouble is, we have number of >structures that have an errno as an element. Of course, this gets >expanded to the above function, and so it won't compile. ie ... The problem is because ISO does not allow "$" in identifiers, but _some_ compilers do in order to access system-defined identifiers with "$" in them---VAX VMS is notably one that has a few (do I remember SMG$ cor- rectly?). Just a guess, but are you including the correct headers for your _current_ compiler? Best regards, Derick. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Derick R. Qua-Gonzalez | ________ | | Department of High Energy Physics, California State University | \ / | | dqua@EarthLink.Net | \ / | | ``It is better to be hated for what one is, | \ / | | than loved for what one is not.'' (A. Gide) | G \/ USA| +------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+ | mQBNAy/qJJMAAAECANBCB543eTUkdG8Mqx6K2cm3WxCVtKY8ZbB9WY6A2Ne4dQi8 | PGP2.6.2 | | xh7OxjHXP/eXp5BSbmVAihEGd7r+5g/yknko56kABRG0MERKUiBRdWEtR29uemFs | Public | | ZXogPGRxdWFAUHJvbWV0aGV1cy5FYXJ0aGxpbmsuTmV0Pg== | KeyBlock | | =70DW | 06.20.95 | +------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.earthlink.net!dqua From: dqua@earthlink.net (Derick J.R. Qua-Gonzalez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: errno.h problems in DEC 'C' Date: 3 Aug 95 04:23:52 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Message-ID: <dqua.807423832@nntp.earthlink.net> References: <3vo921$n4a@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.250.34.121 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1