From: jeffers@redrose.net (David Jeffers) Subject: Re: syntax error? 29 Oct 1996 18:01:52 -0800 Sender: daemon@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199610300007.QAA27791.cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com> References: <199610290130.RAA15811@cygnus.com> <199610291255.NAA23357@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In-Reply-To: <199610291255.NAA23357@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com >>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph P Kukulies writes: Christoph> David Jeffers writes: >> Here's the file: >> >> misc.h -------------------------------- #ifndef misc_h #define >> misc_h >> >> const int false = 0; const int true = 1; >> >> #endif -------------------------------- >> >> Here's the error message: >> >> $ in file included from buffer.h:24, $ from buffer.cpp:25 $ >> misc.h:18 syntax error before 'false' $ misc.h:19 syntax error >> before 'true' >> >> >> Can someone explain this error message or where the syntax >> error is? Christoph> true/false are reserved words in C++ . My thanks to all the replies which solved the problem. This code is part of a pascal compiler written in C++ using MSCV code and make files, which is proving very difficult to port to GCC. Thanks again everyone! David Jeffers - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".