Anonymous structure return problem

[Dimitry Golubovsky <dimitry at golubovsky dot org>]

Hi,


I am trying to compile the following with egcs 2.91.66 (came with some
Slackware a while ago):

static struct { int __errcode;  int  __result; }  read_int(int fd)
{
         struct { int __errcode;  int  __result; }  ret;
         return ret;
}

This is of course a dummy code (a template, so to speak), but the 
problem is that it does not compile. I do not want to declare a typedef 
for the function's return type, so I define an anonymous structure (the 
function returns a structure, not a pointer). I am getting "incompatible 
types in return" compiler error for the line containing "return ret" 
statement. Why doesn't this work?

Types for ret and for the function are identical as declared.

I would like to avoid explicit declaration of structure type.

Someone also tested the code on gcc 3.2.1 with the same (unsuccessful) 
result.

--
Dmitry M. Golubovsky
       South Lyon, MI


--
***  Sent from linux-users at lugwash dot org  ***  http://www.lugwash.org
to unsubscribe: `echo "unsubscribe" | mail linux-users-request at lugwash dot org`


--
Dmitry M. Golubovsky
      South Lyon, MI