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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 08:40:42AM -0700, Jason Flatt wrote:
> I've been attempting to create some new spells, and in the process I've run 
> into a possible bug.  I wanted to run it by the developers before I just 
> start making changes, because it seems to me that it should have been found 
> before now.
> 
> What it is is an include file provided by xmms that seems to have an extra 
> semi-colon (;) in it.
> 
> The file is /usr/include/xmms/xmmsctrl.h and the line is 88.  Below is the 
> file in question.  The offending area is at the end and is excerpted here:
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> };
> #endif
> 
> Removing that semi-colon allowed the app (superkaramba in this case) to 
> cast 
> to completion. The question is, is this an actual bug and should I proceed 
> through the appropriate steps, or is this just some weird anomaly?

This is indeed a bug, it's the end of a 'extern "C"' block, which
doesn't end in semicolon.

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Arwed v. Merkatz                              Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
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