Re: Include file errors

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Wade Olsen (wade++at++surf.shoreline-studios.com)
Thu, 12 Feb 1998 14:45:46 -0800

Roy Ruddle wrote:
> A slightly different problem this time. I get the following error
> compiling some keyboard input code using IrisGL
>
> "/usr/include/X11/X.h", line 86: error(1229): invalid redeclaration of type
> name "Cursor" (declared at line 990 of "/usr/include/gl/gl.h")
> typedef XID Cursor;
>
> I recollect that someone else had this problem a while back and the
> solution was simple (change the order of include files or something?). Can
> anyone remember it?
>

This is correct. X and Iris GL both have a define for Cursor. Looking at
the GL header files reveals:

/* obsolete typedefs */
#ifndef X_H
typedef unsigned short Cursor[16]; /* a C16X1 cursor */
#endif

Which indicates you should include GL stuff last.

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