I am trying to pass a pointer by reference to a function and get that function to point my pointer at a structure that it finds.
char get_structure(STRUCTURE **ptr) { if(foundstructure) { *ptr = &theStructure; return 1; } return 0; }
This works how I expect it, but when I try and declare the function prototype in the header file:
char get_structure(STRUCTURE **ptr);
I always get a compiler error:
error C141: syntax error near '*', expected ')'
I don't get an error when this is a defined type like char, int or long, but I get the error when this is a pointer to a typedef that I have defined.
How can I declare this in my header file without an error?
Nathan
I seem to be dealing with an include/linker error. The structure is not defined at that point in the header file. I was sure I tested this by declaring the parameter by value and by reference, and the error would only show up by pointer reference (double pointer). Since yesterday I updated to 9.05 an now all 3 are returning the C141 error. The forward declaration as someone mentioned doesn't work though... will post again when I've solved this.