Error in my C programming

Michael C. Shultz reso3w83 at verizon.net
Sun Feb 20 11:16:53 PST 2005


On Sunday 20 February 2005 11:02 am, Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> Peter Jeremy wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-Feb-21 00:22:56 +0800, Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> >>These are some of the errors I get in pairs for each of the above
> >> variables:
> >>
> >>Wtrend_Drivers.c:15: conflicting types for `Receiver'
> >>Wtrend_Drivers.h:9: previous declaration of `Receiver'
> >
> > Without knowing exactly what is on those lines, it's difficult to
> > offer any concrete suggestions.
> >
> > Two possible ways forward:
> > 1) Change the declaration at Wtrend_Drivers.h:9 to be 'extern'
> > 2) Pre-process the source and have a close look at the definitions
> > and declarations for Receiver.  You may have a stray #define that
> > is confusing the type or a missing semicolon.
> >
> > Peter
>
> Here is a section of my code:
>
> *** Wtrend_Drivers.c ***
>
> (12)void Reset_Network (unsigned char Network)
> (13)   {
> (14)    Length = 0x00;
> (15)    Receiver = 0x00;
> (16)    Node = 0xFF;
> (17)    Command = Reset;
> (18)    Make_Packet_Send(Head , Length, Network, Receiver, Node,
> Command, p_Data);
> (19)   }
>
> *** Wtrend_Drivers.h ***
>
> unsigned char Length , Network , Receiver , Node , Command = 0x00;
>
> The above is line 9 of the Wtrend_Drivers.h
> The numbers in () I have added to show the line numbers in
> Wtrend_Drivers.c
>
> These are some of the errors I get in pairs for each of the above
> variables:
>
> Wtrend_Drivers.c:15: conflicting types for `Receiver'
> Wtrend_Drivers.h:9: previous declaration of `Receiver'
>
> Regards,
>
> Kat.

How does it do when you use decimal equivalents?
 (14)    Length = 0;
 (15)    Receiver = 0;
 (16)    Node = 255;

-Mike


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