The symbol `*' does not fit here

[ian-ross]

Bug imported from C2HS Trac

Trac ticket created: 2010-09-15T16:27:49-0700; last modified: 2010-09-18T06:07:34-0700

---

c2hs: C header contains errors:

/usr/include/cddb/cddb_cmd.h:79: (column 27) [ERROR] >>> Syntax error !
The symbol `*' does not fit here.

[ian-ross]

Original comment date: 2010-09-18T03:57:13-0700

---

I'm guessing that you're doing something like this:

module CDDB where

#include <cddb/cddb_cmd.h>

{# context prefix = "cddb_" #}

type Conn = {# pointer *conn_t #}

sites :: Conn -> IO Int
sites = {# call sites #}

It would be helpful to include such information in your bug reports so that developers can focus on the observed behaviour instead of having to figure out how to reproduce it.

This is not a c2hs bug. You are not supposed to include cddb_cmd.h directly; use cddb.h instead. FWIW, it would not work in C either:

> echo '#include <cddb/cddb_cmd.h>' > t.c; gcc t.c
In file included from t.c:1:
/usr/include/cddb/cddb_cmd.h:79: error: expected �)� before �*� token
...

#34 is the same mistake (use cdio.h instead of cdio/device.h).

On the assumption that the previous comment is correct, I'm closing the ticket. If the original bug reporter thinks this is wrong then please reopen the ticket and provide more details.

[mruegenberg]

For the benefit of people who arrive here through Google:
If you get a similar error message on newer OS X versions, try using GCC instead of LLVM, i.e

$ brew install gcc48
$ cabal install --with-gcc=gcc-4.8