"Xiaoshan Sun" <xssun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> i have a programming problem using gcc compiler.
> when i compile a C source file ,i got the error message:
> "dereferencing pointer to incomplete type"
> this is caused by a line:
> pqtemp->offset=0;
> where "pqtemp " is a pointer of a "struct type".
> so i need someone tell me what does the error message
> "dereferencing pointer to incomplete type"
> refer to ??
This is a question about C, not a question about gcc.
You have written something like
struct type *pqtemp;
without ever defining "struct type". That is valid, but it is not
valid to use pqtemp->offset without defining struct type.
Ian
