Re: Unable to compile in Visual C++

[Hans Aberg]

On 19 Jun 2009, at 17:38, Ewa Rom wrote:

> I'm writing my Master thesis that includes a parser.  I chose to use  
> Flex and Bison to help me with this and include the parser into my  
> Visual C++ project.
...
> Then I try to build the project and I get the following error:
>
> 1>CoProveParser.y(28) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';'  
> before '*'
>
> 1>CoProveParser.y(28) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int  
> assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
>
> 1>CoProveParser.y(28) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int  
> assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int

It might be due to a bug in an older Bison version - you do not say  
which one you are using. Try to get hold of a later one (I don't know  
about your OS). Also see the example here for how the C++ code should  
be structured in later versions:
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-bison/2009-05/msg00040.html

  Hans