From:	G DOT DegliEsposti AT ads DOT it
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Message-ID:	<C125659A.002F1776.00@vega.ads.it>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:39:45 +0100
Subject:	Re: readkey()
Mime-Version:	1.0

> Hmm well I was messing around with the allegro readkey command and it
> gave me this starnge errorhere is the code.
>
> {
>  int allegro_init();
>  int install_keyboard();
>
>  printf("think I got it.\n");
>  int readkey();
>  return(0);
> }
>
> and when its compiling Rhide says there is a parse error before int in
> the readkey line...yet if I place that line somewhere else it doesnt say
> anything..plus it doesnt work...just wonderin.

It is not so strange... this happens because you are confusing
function declaration with function call:

int allegro_init() declares allegro_init as a function returning an
integer,
but does not call it.

In C declaration are correct if they come before every other statement in
the
block. This means that allegro_init and install_keyboard are interpreted
silently as declarations before a statement, while readkey is interpreted
as a declaration between two statement, which is not allowed in C, hence
the
error you get.

if you remove the "int" you will remove *both* the errors :-)

ciao
  Giacomo

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