CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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artiebucco
artiebucco

Reputation: 39

error when I include iomanip

I was just starting writing a program, when I noticed something I do not understand. I have defined a structure called "time". When I try to define a structure variable called "time1", it send out an error: "expected an ';'". But when I remove the header file "iomanip" the error disappears! And when I include it again the error comes back. Why does this happen?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4039

Answers (2)

hamed
hamed

Reputation: 598

if you don't want to rename the name of struct, then you can change it to this:

#include <iomanip>

struct time
{
    int a;
};

int main()
{
    struct time t1;
}

Upvotes: 0

SingerOfTheFall
SingerOfTheFall

Reputation: 29986

Let's try out this piece of code:

#include <iomanip>

struct time
{
    int a;
};

int main()
{
    time t1;
}

Here's the error, and a warning that I'm getting in QtCreator when I try to compile this (mycompiler is g++ 4.6.3). The compiler thinks that time here is not a statement, but a function name:

Apparently, <iomanip> somehow includes <time.h>, and time.h has a function called time(). So, basicaly, just rename your structure to "myTime" or something like that.

Upvotes: 4

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