Re: Mysterious syntax error

[corey taylor <corey dot taylor at gmail dot com>]

That kind of error shouldn't result in the syntax error inside the
function like he is showing.

corey


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:39:13 -0800, Dave Gotwisner
<Dave.Gotwisner@harmonicinc.com> wrote:
> I am not sure where your file was generated, and can't tell from the
> listing (it looks correct), but if the file was initially generated on
> Windows and binary ftp'ed over to a Unix box before it was compiled,
> there might be a ^Z at the end of the file (or a '\0').  If you OD -x
> the source and look at the output at the end, it should be glaringly
> obvious.  Also, I have seen some compilers barf if there is no \n at the
> end of the last line, not sure how GCC behaves (it used to croak, years
> ago).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org] On
> Behalf Of Ian Pilcher
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:25 PM
> To: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Mysterious syntax error
> 
> Apologies in advance if this is a *really* stupid question.  I'm trying
> to compile the code below on Fedora Core 3 (gcc-3.4.2-6.fc3), and it's
> telling me I've got a syntax error that I just can't see.
> 
> [pilcher@home temp]$ gcc -c aarg.c
> aarg.c: In function `alarm_thread':
> aarg.c:82: error: syntax error at end of input
> 
> I've stared at this long enough to know that, if there is an error in
> the code, I'm not going to find it.  I'd really appreciate it if someone
> with smarter eyes could take a look.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <signal.h>
> #include <errno.h>
> 
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <pthread.h>
> #include <sys/time.h>
> 
> typedef struct pt_alarm_s       pt_alarm_t;
> typedef struct pt_alarmattr_s   pt_alarmattr_t;
> 
> enum pt_alarm_state
> {
>      PT_ALARM_IDLE,
>      PT_ALARM_SET,
>      PT_ALARM_RUNNING,
>      PT_ALARM_CANCELED,
>      PT_ALARM_ERROR
> };
> 
> struct pt_alarm_s
> {
>      pthread_t              target_tid;
>      pthread_t              alarm_tid;
> 
>      pthread_mutex_t        mutex;
>      pthread_cond_t         cond;
>      struct timespec                timeout;
>      enum pt_alarm_state     state;
> };
> 
> struct pt_alarmattr_s
> {
>      unsigned char   filler[1];
> };
> 
> /***********************************************************************
>   *
>   *  alarm thread
>   *
> 
> **********************************************************************/
> 
> static void cleanup_alarm_mutex(void *arg)
> {
>      pt_alarm_t *const alarm = arg;
> 
>      pthread_mutex_unlock(&alarm->mutex);
> }
> 
> static void *alarm_thread(void *arg)
> {
>      pt_alarm_t *const alarm = arg;
> 
>      pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup_alarm_mutex, arg);
>      pthread_mutex_lock(&alarm->mutex);
> 
>      while (1)
>      {
>         int     pt_errno;
> 
>         while (alarm->state != PT_ALARM_SET)
>              pthread_cond_wait(&alarm->cond, &alarm->mutex);
> 
>         alarm->state = PT_ALARM_RUNNING;
> 
>         pt_errno = 0;
> 
>         while (alarm->state != PT_ALARM_CANCELED &&
>                 pt_errno != ETIMEDOUT)
>         {
>             pt_errno = pthread_cond_timedwait(&alarm->cond,
>                     &alarm->mutex, &alarm->timeout);
>         }
> 
>         if (alarm->state != PT_ALARM_CANCELED)
>             pthread_kill(alarm->target_tid, SIGALRM);
>      }
> 
>      return NULL;    /* should never get here! */
> }
> 
> -- 
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> Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher@comcast.net
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> 
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