From: tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Tom Wheeley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Troubles with externs, CONIO
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 97 17:41:48 GMT
Organization: Adventures and Diving
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In article <19970414041201 DOT AAA17136 AT ladder01 DOT news DOT aol DOT com>
           mlsoftware AT aol DOT com "Mlsoftware" writes:

> Recently, while updating a program I have to use #ifndefs and externs for
> header file impementation, I encountered this error while compiling:
> 
> gcc -c -O2 -m486 main.c
> In file included from main.c:12:
> c:/djgpp/include/conio.h:16: parse error before `extern'
> make.exe: *** [main.o] Error 1
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas? I use externs for the video buffer. I am
> perplexed. If you have an idea, please e-mail it to me at
> mlamanuzzi AT geocities DOT com, as I do not read this group on a regular basis.
> Thanks in advance.

You have a mistake in main.c just before the line

#include <conio.h>

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