VC6 - conflict with objidl.h

[Vincent Levesque]

Hi,   I'm trying to compile some code under Visual C++ v6 and I get the following error messages:   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\objidl.h(786) : error C2059: syntax error : '(' C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\objidl.h(786) : error C2501: 'CRYPTO_realloc' : missing storage-class or type specifiers C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\objidl.h(786) : error C2059: syntax error : ')' C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\objidl.h(786) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before ')' C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\INCLUDE\objidl.h(786) : error C2238: unexpected token(s) preceding ';'   I found the following message in the archive:   >On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, sch wrote: >> I am using VC5, I notice the header file objidl.h in VC >> has identifiers 'Alloc', 'Realloc' and 'Free' which were >> expanded as CRYPTO_** as defined in /crypto.h. >> This expansion is giving rise to some compile errors. >> I think it can give rise to more conflicts with other guys' >> naming convention. >> I suggest the openSSL group should define Malloc, Realloc.., >> as functions, not  macros. >I also have VC5, and was always able to compile the whole stuff without >any problem.... I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if there's really a conflict so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has faced that problem. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can work around that problem? Thanks in advance.   Vincent