From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2009-10-13T00:23:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Does ruby.h overrides C "enum"?

I think you'll find your problem is due to a macro for NULL.
Change your code from "NULL" to "kNULL":

  #include <stdio.h>
  int main(void) {
	enum kk {kNULL=0, NS=1, URL=2};
  }

and your problem goes away.

-Rob

On Oct 12, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:

> El Lunes, 12 de Octubre de 2009, angico escribió:
>> Are you sure the typo was only in the mail? If I copy and paste  
>> this code
>> in a  file and try to compile it, the compiler complains about the  
>> same
>> error, because void is a reserved keyword in C. But when I change  
>> that
>> "void(void)" into "main(void)" it compiles ok.
>
> ok, let's try it:
>
> file_a.c
> ----------------
>  int main(void) {
> 	enum kk {NULL=0, NS=1, URL=2};
>  }
> ----------------
>
> It compiles ok.
>
>
> Now:
>
> file_b.c
> ----------------
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  int main(void) {
> 	enum kk {NULL=0, NS=1, URL=2};
>  }
> ----------------
>
> $ gcc file_b.c
> file_b.c: In function ‘main’:
> file_b.c:3: error: expected identifier before ‘(’ token
>
>
>
> ¿?¿?
>
> PS: It seems to be a problem not related to Ruby.
>
> -- 
> Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>
>

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