Greets all,

I'm trying to implement a simple program using M$ visual studio.net. When trying to compile, I'm getting a bunch of:

error C2059: syntax error : ':'

followed by a bunch of:

error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'

When trying to access the problem source, I'm directed to some include files, such as 'cstdio' 'stdlib' etc.

Any ideas???

The first time I wrote a program (cobol, college, 1978), I compiled it and it came back with 51 errors. I was ready to give up.

Fortunately, someone with more experience counselled me to slow down and look at only the first one or two errors. Fix the first one and recompile.

The lesson is that an error in one spot may cause other (possibly wierd) errors in later spots.

That's my guess at what's happening when you see indications that there are problems with stdlib, etc.

So, concentrate on only the first error. When you've fixed that, then move on to the next one.

If you can't figure out the first one, post the code and the error message here.

It's kind of hard to help when all you say is that I get 'syntax error's and don't show the code.

Good luck

I can definitely vouch for the number of errors causing frustration. I compiled a program just yesterday that had 217 errors. I was missing a semicolon, which was the first of the errors in that list. The missing semicolon caused the lines below it in that function to fail. I put the semicolon in, and it worked fine.

"It's kind of hard to help when all you say is that I get 'syntax error's and don't show the code."

I agree with Don, we will need to see some code.

IR

Hi guys, and thanks for your replies.

My program supposed to be a simple lexical analyzer and it is using an external file containing some definitions supplied by the "client" (The course staff...).
Following are the three files: lex.h, lex.c (which I wrote) and resource.h, which is the external. I also added the list of compilation errors. Thanks in advance.

/*

File: lex.H

Abstract:

The "Basic Basic" lexical analizer interface

*/

#ifndef _LEX_H_
#define _LEX_H_

//
// Definitions
//

// The maximum input line handled (255 characters)
#define MAX_LINE 256

//
// Types
//

// Returned token types
typedef enum _TOKEN_TYPE
{
LIST_TOKEN,
RUN_TOKEN,
QUIT_TOKEN,
DEL_TOKEN,
NEW_TOKEN,
SET_TOKEN,
IF_TOKEN,
THEN_TOKEN,
ELSE_TOKEN,
GOTO_TOKEN,
PRINT_TOKEN,
END_TOKEN,
NUMBER_TOKEN,
VARIABLE_TOKEN,
OPERATOR_TOKEN,
ASSIGNMENT_TOKEN,
OPENP_TOKEN,
CLOSEP_TOKEN,
STRING_TOKEN,
NEWLINE_TOKEN,
UNRECOGNIZED_TOKEN // Not used...
} TOKEN_TYPE;

// Operator types
typedef enum _OPERATOR
{
ADD, // +
SUB, // -
MUL, // *
DIV, // /
EQL, // ==
NEQL, // !=
GT, // >
LT, // <
GTE, // >=
LTE // <=
} OPERATOR;

// Token attributes
typedef struct _TOKEN
{
TOKEN_TYPE t;
const char* psz; // Will point to a null terminated string identifying the token
double dVal; // Valid only for NUMBER_TOKEN
OPERATOR op; // Valid only for OPERATOR_TOKEN
bool bIsPosINT; // Valid only for NUMBER_TOKEN
} TOKEN;

//
// Our exception type for syntax errors
//

class CLexicalException
{
public:
CLexicalException(const char* sz = "Unrecognized token") : m_sz(sz) {}
const char* Reason() const { return m_sz; }

private:
const char* m_sz;
};

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// The Lexical analyser class definition
//

class CLex
{
public:
// C'tor
CLex(istream& InStream);

//
// Methods
//
TOKEN GetNextToken(bool bPeek = false);
bool NextLine();

private:
//
// Helper functions
//
char* MyStrTok();

//
// Members
//
istream& m_InStream;
char m_szBuf[MAX_LINE];
char* m_pChar;
char m_ch;
bool m_bPeek;
};

#endif // _LEX_H_

/*

File: lex.C

Abstract:

The "Basic Basic" lexical analizer

*/

#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

#include "lex.H"

//
// C'tor
//
CLex::CLex(istream& InStream) : m_InStream(InStream), m_pChar(m_szBuf)
{
*m_szBuf = '\0';
}

/*

Function: GetNextToken

Abstract:

Extracts the next token from the current line. Once an endline is reached, we keep
returning it until CLex::NextLine() is called.

Parameters:

bPeek - If true, we return the next token in the stream, but don't advance. This means
that the next call will return the same token.

Returns: A TOKEN structure.

*/
TOKEN
CLex::GetNextToken(bool bPeek)
{
static TOKEN tok; // This needs to be static so peeking can work...
char* pChar;
double d;

//
// If we only peeked last time, we still need to process the last token
//
if (!m_bPeek)
{
tok.psz = MyStrTok();
}
m_bPeek = bPeek;

// Is this a new line token?
if (*tok.psz == '\0')
{
tok.t = NEWLINE_TOKEN;
return tok;
}

//
// Check for Basic-basic keywords
//
#define COMPARE_WORD(word) \
if (!strcmp(tok.psz, #word))\
{ \
tok.t = word##_TOKEN; \
return tok; \
}
COMPARE_WORD(LIST);
COMPARE_WORD(RUN);
COMPARE_WORD(QUIT);
COMPARE_WORD(DEL);
COMPARE_WORD(NEW);
COMPARE_WORD(SET);
COMPARE_WORD(IF);
COMPARE_WORD(THEN);
COMPARE_WORD(ELSE);
COMPARE_WORD(GOTO);
COMPARE_WORD(PRINT);
COMPARE_WORD(END);

//
// Is this a valid number?
//

// First see if this is an unsigned integer in integer format
d = strtol(tok.psz, &pChar, 10);
if (*pChar == '\0')
{
tok.bIsPosINT = (d > 0);
tok.t = NUMBER_TOKEN;
tok.dVal = d;
return tok;
}

// Next see if this might be any number
d = strtod(tok.psz, &pChar);
if (*pChar == '\0')
{
tok.bIsPosINT = false;
tok.t = NUMBER_TOKEN;
tok.dVal = d;
return tok;
}

//
// Is this a valid string token?
//
if (*tok.psz == '\"')
{
//
// See if the next quote is the one closing the token
//
if (strchr(tok.psz + 1, '\"') == strchr(tok.psz + 1, '\0') - 1)
{
tok.t = STRING_TOKEN;
return tok;
}
}

//
// One character tokens
//
if (1 == strlen(tok.psz))
{
switch (*tok.psz)
{
//
// Start with operators
//
#define COMPARE_SINGLE_CHAR_OPERATOR(ch,op_type) \
case ch: \
tok.t = OPERATOR_TOKEN; \
tok.op = op_type; \
return tok;

COMPARE_SINGLE_CHAR_OPERATOR('+', ADD);
COMPARE_SINGLE_CHAR_OPERATOR('-', SUB);
COMPARE_SINGLE_CHAR_OPERATOR('/', DIV);
COMPARE_SINGLE_CHAR_OPERATOR('*', MUL);
COMPARE_SINGLE_CHAR_OPERATOR('<', LT);
COMPARE_SINGLE_CHAR_OPERATOR('>', GT);

case '=':
// A single '=' is an assignment!
tok.t = ASSIGNMENT_TOKEN;
return tok;
case '(':
tok.t = OPENP_TOKEN;
return tok;
case ')':
tok.t = CLOSEP_TOKEN;
return tok;

default:
// This can only be a variable...
if (isupper(*tok.psz))
{
tok.t = VARIABLE_TOKEN;
return tok;
}
}
}

//
// Some more operators...
//
#define COMPARE_OPERATOR(str, op_type) \
if (!strcmp(tok.psz, str)) \
{ \
tok.t = OPERATOR_TOKEN; \
tok.op = op_type; \
return tok; \
}
COMPARE_OPERATOR(">=", GTE);
COMPARE_OPERATOR("<=", LTE);
COMPARE_OPERATOR("!=", NEQL);
COMPARE_OPERATOR("==", EQL);

//
// If we got here we didn't find any matching token
//
throw CLexicalException(tok.psz);

// Never reached...
tok.t = UNRECOGNIZED_TOKEN;
return tok;
}

/*

Function: NextLine

Abstract:

Moves the lexical analyzer to the next line in the input stream. The remaining characters
of the current line are dropped

Parameters: --

Returns: true if haven't reached EOF yet.

*/
bool
CLex::NextLine()
{
// Check if there is no more input
if (EOF == cin.peek())
{
return false;
}

// Extract the new line
m_InStream.getline(m_szBuf, MAX_LINE);
m_pChar = m_szBuf;
m_ch = *m_szBuf;
m_bPeek = false;
return true;
}

//
// Private functions
//

char*
CLex::MyStrTok()
{
char* pTemp;

//
// Restore character we replaced with '\0' (When we get here the first time in a new
// line, CLex::NextLine() sets m_ch to the first character so this is a NOP...).
//
*m_pChar = m_ch;

//
// Skip leading spaces
//
while (*m_pChar == ' ')
m_pChar++;
pTemp = m_pChar; // pTemp marks begining of token

//
// Parenthesis is a special case: if we identified it, we have to return it as is
//
if (*pTemp == '(' || *pTemp == ')')
{
m_pChar++;
}
else
{
//
// The next token includes all characters up to the next space, parenthesis or
// null terminator (apart characters inside strings)
//
while ( (*m_pChar != ' ') &&
(*m_pChar != '(') &&
(*m_pChar != ')') &&
(*m_pChar != '\0') )
{
//
// If the next character is a string, skip until its closing quote
//
if (*m_pChar == '\"')
{
char* pMatch = strchr(m_pChar + 1, '\"');
if (!pMatch)
{
//
// The string doesn't have a closing quote! So this "token" ends
// at the end of the line...
//
m_pChar = strchr(m_pChar + 1, '\0');
break;
}
m_pChar = pMatch;
}

// Skip this character
m_pChar++;
}
}

//
// Mark end of token with a null terminator (and save the next character so we can
// restore it in the next call...)
//
m_ch = *m_pChar;
*(m_pChar) = '\0';
return pTemp;
}

/*

File: resource.H

Abstract:

String resource constants

*/

#ifndef _RESOURCE_H_
#define _RESOURCE_H_

#define SYNTAX_ERROR "Syntax Error"
#define BAD_STATEMENT "Incorrect statement"
#define LINE_EXISTS "A Line with this line number already exists"
#define NO_LINE "The line number was not found"
#define NO_END "Finished execution without reaching END"
#define NO_PROGRAM "No program in memory!"
#define BAD_JUMP "Encountered jump to non-existent line"
#define MAX_TIME "Reached maximum execution time (infinite loop?)"
#define DIVIDE_ZERO "Divide by zero"

#endif // _RESOURCE_H_

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Compilation results:
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D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(17): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(17): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(17): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(18): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(18): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(18): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(19): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(19): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(19): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(20): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(20): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(20): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(21): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(21): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(21): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(22): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(22): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(22): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(23): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(23): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(23): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(24): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(24): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(24): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(25): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(25): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(26): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(26): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(27): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(27): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(27): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(28): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(28): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(28): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(29): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(29): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(29): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(30): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(30): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(30): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(31): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(31): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(31): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(32): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(17): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(17): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(17): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(19): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(19): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(19): error C2059: syntax error : ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(17): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(17): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(17): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(18): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(18): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(18): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(19): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(19): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(19): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(20): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(20): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(20): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(21): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(21): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(21): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(22): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(22): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(22): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(23): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(23): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(23): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(24): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(24): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(24): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(25): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(25): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(26): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(26): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(27): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(27): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(27): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(28): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(28): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(28): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(29): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(29): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(29): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(30): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(30): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(30): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(31): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(31): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(31): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdio(32): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(17): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(17): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(17): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(19): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(19): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(19): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(20): error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before ':'
D:\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\include\cstdlib(20): fatal error C1003: error count exceeds 100; stopping compilation