[PD-dev] comport does not compile on Windows using MSVC or MinGW

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Here's using the included makefile:

C:\msys\1.0\home\hans\cvs\pure-data\externals\iem\comport\comport>nmake
pd_nt

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

          cl /W3 /WX /DNT /DPD /nologo /DWIN2000 /I.
/I"..\..\..\..\pd"\tcl\include /I"..\..\..\..\pd"\src /I"C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Vc98"\include /c comport.c
comport.c
comport.c(745) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'
comport.c(938) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'
comport.c(939) : error C2065: 'pch' : undeclared identifier
comport.c(939) : error C2100: illegal indirection
comport.c(940) : error C2100: illegal indirection
comport.c(958) : error C2065: 'comport_float' : undeclared identifier
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'
Stop.



Here's how it looks with MinGW:

../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:672: warning: shadowed declaration is  
here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c: In function `comport_new':
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:754: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:756: warning: declaration of
'fd' shadows a previous local
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:674: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c: In function `comport_tick':
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:804: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:815: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:833: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:847: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:860: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:873: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:886: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:899: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:906: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:922: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:929: warning: declaration of
'x' shadows a parameter
../src/../../iem/comport/comport/comport.c:670: warning: shadowed
declaration is here
../src/comport.c:2: error: syntax error at end of input
make: *** [comport.dll] Error 1




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