From: "Sly" <sly AT antispam DOT aussie DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP inconsistencies?
Date: 17 Mar 1997 02:55:59 GMT
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Paul Peavyhouse <pv AT cs DOT montana DOT edu> wrote in article
<5g9pat$fac AT netra DOT montana DOT edu>...
[SNIP]
>         NONONONONO, there is nothing wrong with the printf line.  All it
does 
> is output a litteral '"' (double-quote) character.  The problem actually 
> occured in the line AFTER the snipped I posted where I said:
> 
> char *str;
> if ( (str = getenv("DEM_PATH")) == NULL) {
>     printf("'DEM_PATH' environment variable not set\n");
>     exit(1);
> }
> BITMAP *buffer;         <-- Parse error on THIS line
> 
>         If I move BITMAP *buffer before the "if" statement, the compiler
is 
> all happy...WHY?  Thanks anyway for the reply.

Again, same problem you had earlier.  Declaring a variable inside code is a
C++ thing, and illegal in standard C.  In C, ALWAYS declare ALL variables
BEFORE any code in the function.

P.S. I realise my mistake concerning the printf line now, and it is
correct.  Just hadn't seen that escaped quote for a long time, and had
forgotten it.  I did prompt some replies though.  8^)

-- 
TTFN
Sly (Steve)
sly AT aussie DOT net