Forcing users to #include in a specific order makes your code less usable. Try investigating what exactly is causing the error. Since iostream is a standard header file that shouldn't be depending upon anything in your header file, there's probably a name clash somewhere. Noel On 1/8/06, Brian Budge <brian.budge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It turned out to be that I needed to change > > #include <iostream> > #include <subdiv_shellmap.h> > > to > > #include <subdiv_shellmap.h> > #include <iostream> > > Thanks, > Brian > > On 07 Jan 2006 21:55:48 -0800, Ian Lance Taylor <ian@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Brian Budge <brian.budge@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > I am getting the following error: > > > > > > error: expected `,' or `...' before numeric constant > > > > > > The code is trivial, and has been successfully used before. It is > > > from a template library I wrote. > > > > > > From searching google, I get the impression that it could be from > > > #including things in the "wrong" order. Could this be the case? > > > > It's very unlikely. > > > > > Anybody have any tips or tricks for narrowing down the problem here? > > > > Look closely at the source code. If that doesn't help, run the > > compile with --save-temps, and look at the relevant line in the .i (if > > C) or .ii (if C++) file. > > > > (Please don't reply to me personally; thanks.) > > > > Ian > > > >