Date: Fri, 23 Sep 94 15:05:45 EDT From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock) To: TAUPIN AT rsovax DOT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu > parse error before 'int' or (with Turbo C) Need an identifier to declare. > The line is: "int abs(int);" Have you included something else which defines a macro version of abs()?