This warning is triggered multiple times in my code by the same declaration, which reads :
// Spreadsheet structure
typedef struct SPREADSHEET
{
int ID; // ID of the spreadsheet
UINT nLines; // Number of lines
void CopyFrom(const SPREADSHEET* src)
{
ID = src->ID;
nLines = src->nLines;
}
};
I don't want to just turn off that warning,
but rather change the code so that the warning doesn't come up !
NOTE : I don't want to declare any variables here (it's a header file), only define what the struct 'SPREADSHEET' should include...
Delete typedef
. It's the C way of declaring structs, C++ does it automatically for you.
You need to add some identifier before the terminating ;
, e.g.:
typedef struct BLAH { ... } BLAH;
Just remove "typedef
". You declare a new struct and the typedef
keyword isn't used for that. You would use typedef
to define a new name for an existing type, like this:
typedef int number;
Yes, the BLAH
after the closing brace is important to make the typedef
a valid one. You can remove the SPREADSHEET
from the present place and keep it in between the }
and the ;
.
My interpretation of this warning is that the compiler is indicating that the typedef
keyword is unnecessary because a variable is not being declared. and therefore if the intention of the code is to simply declare a struct
the typedef
is superfluous.