The compiler appears to be correct. You haven't told us what
PD_GlobalData is (struct/class/typedef?). Unless PD_GlobalDataInterface
is a typedef of PD_GlobalData I can't see how this is valid.
Let's say PD_GlobalDataInterace is a subclass of PD_GlobalData (what I'd
guess from your arrangement anyway):
class PD_GlobalData
{};
class PD_GlobalDataInterface : public PD_GlobalData
{};
then you could do this:
extern PD_GlobalData *g_PDGlobals;
static PD_GlobalDataInterface g_PDGlobalInterface;
PD_GlobalData *g_PDGlobals = &g_PDGlobalInterface;
But they have to be consistent types (that includes whether or not
you're using a pointer) and you can't put a static in a header file and
expect to access it in other modules (static means it's local to one
module. So you have two type errors and a scope error in the first bit
of code. The second bit removes one of the type errors, but you've
still got the other two errors.
Anyway I'm just guessing since I haven't seen the rest of the code.
This isn't a VS2005 issue - the code is not consistent.
Jay
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I recently moved some code from a 2003 mod to a 2005 mod (vis im talking
about here) and besides the new compile sads at some syntax im getting
one
major error. It doesn't like me making a static class handle (which gets
init elsewhere).
Ok in my h file I declared it as extern so any class including that file
can
use it. It looks like so:
extern PD_GlobalData *g_PDGlobals;
Now in my cpp file I have it declared as:
static PD_GlobalDataInterface (g_PDGlobals);
Then when trying to compile I get the error:
pd_globaldata.cpp(126) : error C2040: 'g_PDGlobals' :
'PD_GlobalDataInterface' differs in levels of indirection from
'PD_GlobalData *'
Now I think this is caused by one being a pointer and the other not. But
when I remove the * from extern it has a bigger sad:
pd_globaldata.cpp(126) : error C2371: 'g_PDGlobals' : redefinition;
different basic types
PD_GlobalData.h(59) : see declaration of 'g_PDGlobals'
Any ideas of how to fix this? This code ran fine under vis 2003.
Mark [Lodle]
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