I am not sure where your file was generated, and can't tell from the listing (it looks correct), but if the file was initially generated on Windows and binary ftp'ed over to a Unix box before it was compiled, there might be a ^Z at the end of the file (or a '\0'). If you OD -x the source and look at the output at the end, it should be glaringly obvious. Also, I have seen some compilers barf if there is no \n at the end of the last line, not sure how GCC behaves (it used to croak, years ago). -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Pilcher Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:25 PM To: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Mysterious syntax error Apologies in advance if this is a *really* stupid question. I'm trying to compile the code below on Fedora Core 3 (gcc-3.4.2-6.fc3), and it's telling me I've got a syntax error that I just can't see. [pilcher@home temp]$ gcc -c aarg.c aarg.c: In function `alarm_thread': aarg.c:82: error: syntax error at end of input I've stared at this long enough to know that, if there is an error in the code, I'm not going to find it. I'd really appreciate it if someone with smarter eyes could take a look. Thanks! #include <stdlib.h> #include <signal.h> #include <errno.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <sys/time.h> typedef struct pt_alarm_s pt_alarm_t; typedef struct pt_alarmattr_s pt_alarmattr_t; enum pt_alarm_state { PT_ALARM_IDLE, PT_ALARM_SET, PT_ALARM_RUNNING, PT_ALARM_CANCELED, PT_ALARM_ERROR }; struct pt_alarm_s { pthread_t target_tid; pthread_t alarm_tid; pthread_mutex_t mutex; pthread_cond_t cond; struct timespec timeout; enum pt_alarm_state state; }; struct pt_alarmattr_s { unsigned char filler[1]; }; /*********************************************************************** * * alarm thread * **********************************************************************/ static void cleanup_alarm_mutex(void *arg) { pt_alarm_t *const alarm = arg; pthread_mutex_unlock(&alarm->mutex); } static void *alarm_thread(void *arg) { pt_alarm_t *const alarm = arg; pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup_alarm_mutex, arg); pthread_mutex_lock(&alarm->mutex); while (1) { int pt_errno; while (alarm->state != PT_ALARM_SET) pthread_cond_wait(&alarm->cond, &alarm->mutex); alarm->state = PT_ALARM_RUNNING; pt_errno = 0; while (alarm->state != PT_ALARM_CANCELED && pt_errno != ETIMEDOUT) { pt_errno = pthread_cond_timedwait(&alarm->cond, &alarm->mutex, &alarm->timeout); } if (alarm->state != PT_ALARM_CANCELED) pthread_kill(alarm->target_tid, SIGALRM); } return NULL; /* should never get here! */ } -- ======================================================================== Ian Pilcher i.pilcher@xxxxxxxxxxx ========================================================================
