RARW! C language

C, Handle-C, C++... killing me with all the stupid bugs...

January 16, 2006

error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'

When programming in Visual Studio, if you happen to run across this error while trying to compile C code, one thing to check on is whether or not you're declaring your local variables inline. For whatever reason, Visual Studio hates this and issues a syntax error for the next line of code. One that's of no use whatsoever in helping to figure out what to do.
So, for example, if you have a function like:

int foo(int x)
{
assert(x != 0);
int y = 4/x;
return  y;
}

You would need to rewrite your code like this:

int foo(int x)
{
int y;
assert(x != 0);
y = x/4;
return y;
}

Strange but true. I suspect there's an option somewhere to turn off the strictness of the compiler, but I haven't found it.

January 16, 2006 in Decode | Permalink