I have three lines of code:
//int pi;
activation->structSize = sizeof(rmsActivationT);
int pi; //program wont compile with this here
every time I uncomment the second int pi and comment the first int pi I get this error: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'. When i uncomment this first int pi and comment the second int pi, my compiler doesn't complain anymore. This error has been bothering me for almost a full day now any ideas would be great.
Thanks
Visual studios 2008
Windows XP 32 bit
Are you, perhaps, compiling the code as C instead of C++? C (prior to C99, which Visual Studio doesn't support) required that all definitions in a block precede any other statements.
I had the same problem.
The compilation errors were:
*main.cpp(325): error C2601: 'FLAG' : local function definitions are illegal
main.cpp(323): this line contains a '{' which has not yet been matched
main.cpp(326): fatal error C1075: end of file found before the left brace '{' at 'main.cpp(323)' was matched*
But there was nothing wrong with my code. I counted all brackets and the number matched. There weren't any function inside another function.
I solved it by removing all "//" comments from the source code. It seems that the reason for that is bad line formatting which causes the compiler to miss a line break, so the line after a comment is treated as a comment as well.
For example:
// This is a comment
This_is_a_line;
is treated as:
// This is a comment This_is_a_line;
