From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Definition of struct for dynamic linked list.
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 19:37:22 -0800
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Michael Langton wrote:

> typedef int stype;
> struct nodeS {
>         stype   data;
>         nodeS   *next;
> }
> 
> I'm getting "parse error before 'nodeS'", but not all the time.  It
> sometimes works when I try it in a new program, and other
> circumstances which I'm not quite sure about.
> 
> Can anybody point out why this might be occurring?

The problem is that, in C, the tag of a structure is not legal without
being prefixed by the keyword `struct'.  That is:

    struct S { ... };

    S s; /* this is an error */

You have to reference it with the `struct' tag:

    struct S { ... };

    struct S s; /* this is fine */

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