Why this error "error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Length'"

I have a VC++.net Win32 console application, however when I compile , I
get this error

error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Length'

Explain...

Location pointed is

typedef struct _LIST
{
LPLINK Tail; //... List Tail pointer.
LPLINK Head; //... List Head pointer.
DWORD Length; //... List Length.
} LIST;

typedef LIST *LPLIST;
in List.h

Thanks,
a.a.cpp

adebaene
Fri Jun 03 02:43:48 CDT 2005



iceColdFire a =E9crit :
> I have a VC++.net Win32 console application, however when I compile , I
> get this error
>
> error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Length'
>
> Explain...
>
> Location pointed is
>
> typedef struct _LIST
> {
> LPLINK Tail; //... List Tail pointer.
> LPLINK Head; //... List Head pointer.
> DWORD Length; //... List Length.
> } LIST;
>
> typedef LIST *LPLIST;
> in List.h

Is DWORD defined (that is, is Windows.h included?)

Arnaud
MVP - VC

Peter
Fri Jun 03 06:42:12 CDT 2005


"iceColdFire" <icoldfire@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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>I have a VC++.net Win32 console application, however when I compile , I
> get this error
>
> error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Length'
>
> Explain...
>
> Location pointed is
>
> typedef struct _LIST
> {
> LPLINK Tail; //... List Tail pointer.
> LPLINK Head; //... List Head pointer.
> DWORD Length; //... List Length.
> } LIST;
>
> typedef LIST *LPLIST;
> in List.h
>
> Thanks,
> a.a.cpp
>
Probably because DWORD is an unknown type.
By the way your code is dangerous and inherently nonportable. _LIST is a
reserved identifier (as are all identifiers with a leading underscore
followed by a capital letter). Upgrading your compiler might thus break this
code.
Using all CAPITAL_LETTERS for types is also a bad habit - standard
convention requires this to be reserved for macroes.
Finally, this is not C++ but C-style, but you probably know this already.

/Peter