How do determine what is *really* causing your compiler error
- by ML
Hi All,
I am porting a very large code base and I am having more difficulty with old code.
For example, this causes a compiler error:
inline CP_M_ReferenceCounted *
FrAssignRef(CP_M_ReferenceCounted * & to, CP_M_ReferenceCounted * from)
{
if (from) from->AddReference();
if (to) to->RemoveReference();
to = from;
return to;
}
The error is: error: expected initializer before '*' token.
How do I know what this is. I looked up inline member functions to be sure I understood and I dont think the inlining is the cause but I am not sure what is.
Another example:
template <class eachClass>
eachClass FrReferenceIfClass(FxRC * ptr)
{
eachClass getObject = dynamic_cast<eachClass>(ptr);
if (getObject) getObject->AddReference();
return getObject;
}
The error is: error: template declaration of 'eachClass FrReferenceIfClass'
That is all. How do I decide what this is?. I am admittedly rusty with templates.
