Tinyxml produces 50 compiler errors in my application

**weaknessforcats** · Jul 25 '12, 12:57 AM

In tinystr.h at line 55 the compiler got into trouble.

The actual error is there or at some point earlier.

Look around TiXmlString.

Fix only the first error then rebuild. Often later errors are the result of previous errors and go away when the previous error is fixed.

**kiseitai2** · Jul 25 '12, 01:13 AM

Thanks! I'm gonna take a closer look around there. It concerns me , however, that I never changed any part of the original source code. I was expecting it to compile since I trust MinGW and the work of the tinyxml community. Thanks again!

**weaknessforcats** · Jul 25 '12, 01:30 AM

It may be that tinystr.h needs you to include some other header before it is included. Or, it may be you need a build flag set.

You could post the code around the tinystr.h include and then the first 55 lines of tinystr.h. We could take a peek

**kiseitai2** · Jul 25 '12, 02:30 AM

I took a look at the tinyxml code and it seems the problem has to do with a macro, which defines a type used in the code. Now, I'm terrible with macros. In fact, I only know how to recognize them, but I try to stay away from them. Here's the code snippet before line 55 that may be causing the syntax error:

Code:

#ifndef TIXML_USE_STL

#ifndef TIXML_STRING_INCLUDED
#define TIXML_STRING_INCLUDED

#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>

/*	The support for explicit isn't that universal, and it isn't really
	required - it is used to check that the TiXmlString class isn't incorrectly
	used. Be nice to old compilers and macro it here:
*/
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1200 )
	// Microsoft visual studio, version 6 and higher.
	#define TIXML_EXPLICIT explicit
#elif defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 3 )
	// GCC version 3 and higher.s
	#define TIXML_EXPLICIT explicit
#else
	#define TIXML_EXPLICIT
#endif

I tried changing the elif part to if or else if and both gave errors. I also know that the source came with a Makefile and a Visual Studio solution file (.sln), so the Makefile may have any extra flags I am not aware. I will compare Code::Blocks's Makefile to tinyxml's and merge any flags tomorrow. Finally, I don't include tinystr.h into my code, but it is implemented by tinyxml.cpp/ tinyxml.h. Thanks and good night.

**kiseitai2** · Jul 25 '12, 09:31 PM

I solved the problem. I gotta face-palm for this. The issue was that, since I originally created the project as an empty project, the compiler used was defined by the source code's file extension. That is totally fine until you allow Code::Blocks to save your files with the C file extension (.c) instead of C++'s extension (.cpp). That was triggering the C compiler instead of the C++ compiler. Sorry for wasting your time.

Tinyxml produces 50 compiler errors in my application

Tinyxml produces 50 compiler errors in my application

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