Re: Strange error

From:

Fei Liu <feiliu@aepnetworks.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:25:31 -0400

Message-ID:

<f494fm$ndj$1@aioe.org>

Neil wrote:

struct __alloca
{
    unsigned int nsize;
    int nline;
    char szFile[250];
    char **messages;
    int trace_size ;
#ifdef OS_WINDOWS
    unsigned long m_size;
    _CRT_ALLOC_HOOK m_poldhook;
    HMODULE m_dbghelp;
    HANDLE m_process;
    HANDLE m_thread; // Pseudo-handle meaning "current
thread" - required for obtaining stack traces
    DWORD m_tlsindex; // Index for thread-local storage
of VLD data
    STACKFRAME64 m_frame;
#endif

};

typedef map<void*,__alloca> MEMALLOCMAP;
typedef MEMALLOCMAP::iterator ITEM;

I get the error
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '<'
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '<'
error C2653: 'MEMALLOCMAP' : is not a class or namespace name

Please help me out fast
TAI
~Neil

MEMALLOCMAP is not a class or namespace name, clear enough. It's a
variable name. The correct typedef syntax is:
typedef typename std::map<void *, __alloca>::iterator ITEM;

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