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[Jason Flatt <jflatt AT sourcemage.org>]

On Friday 16 September 2005 09:51 am, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> 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.

I was in a bit of a rush when I wrote that this morning.  I didn't think it 
needed the semicolon, but I'm very rusty on C, so I wasn't sure.  Anyway, 
thanks for the confirmation.  I will proceed appropriately.


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Jason Flatt
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