Re: [Mingw-users] g++ parsing bug?

[Jan K. <ja...@jk...>]

Hey

I'd say, try sizeof(HMODULE) ... it's a function, not an operator.

Best,
JAN


Am 25.08.2011 23:57, schrieb Gisle Vanem:
> Can someone explain why the following produces a parsing
> error. Or there is something wrong with definition of 'HMODULE'.
> My<windef.h>  is dated 26 March 2011.
>
> ----------
> #include<windows.h>
> #include<stdlib.h>
> #define BUFLEN 10
>
> int main (void)
> {
>    HMODULE *hMods = 0;
>
>    hMods = (HMODULE*) malloc (sizeof(HMODULE) * (BUFLEN / sizeof HMODULE));
>    return (0);
> }
> ----------
>
> g++ -Wall -c mingw-hmodule.cpp
>
>    mingw-hmodule.cpp: In function 'int main()':
>    mingw-hmodule.cpp:9:72: error: expected primary-expression before ')' token
>
> Adding a pair of parenthesis fixes the problem:
>    hMods = (HMODULE*) malloc (sizeof(HMODULE) * (BUFLEN / sizeof(HMODULE)));
>
> The line was not mine; but taken from a MSVC-program. I'm using MingW gcc/g++
> ver 4.5.0.
>
> --gv
>
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