C coding and Syntax errors

Hi Jevgeni

Thanks for the info.

I actually got hold of Paul Contes book, thanks Marc.
Common Sense C - Advice & Warnings for C and C++ Programmers
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
I found it really helpful and although written in 1992 it has
already answered an number of issues I have been having.
(also Pauls book has a solution for the == problem)

I appreciate your offer to help , in my original email I did show
 the code I was struggling with.

Thanks to everyone else who replied. I am back on track.


Regards
Frank

>date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:03:06 +0000
>from: Jevgeni Astanovski <[email protected]>
>subject: Re: [C400-L] C coding and Syntax errors
>
>Frank,
>if your question was simply "How do C programmers cope with compiler error
messages?"
>Then an answer will be "Mostly well".
>
>From my experience there is only one class of errors that sometimes cause
trouble.
>That is missing parenthesis - either one of these "()" or "{}".
>In this case you normally get an error message pointing to a row in you
programm
>well below the place where actual error was.
>This is obvious for all "free-form" languages where a statement can take
more
>than 1 row and there can be more than one statement in one row.
>Such syntax errors did not happen in Fortran or PL/I in the time of
punched cards.
>
>Then, of course that are troubles that do not cause syntax errors.
>That is mostly statements like
>if (a = b)
>.....
>Sometimes I have to call someone else to look at my code,
>because I just do not see that there is only one "equal"
>sign instead of two. And as a result you get an unexplainable program
behaviour.
>
>If you have some particular question - you cannot understand what
this or that error message mean in this particular situation -
I personally will be happy to help you - as much as I can.
>But as far as you place a general question, you get a discussion instead
of an answer...
>
>Jevgeni
>
>
>date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:05:22 +0000
>from: Jevgeni Astanovski <[email protected]>
>subject: Re: [C400-L] C++ Compiler on IBM i
>
>Looked at the licensed programs, yes, they are different options:
>
>Licensed  Product
>Program   Option   Description
>5770WDS    51      ILE C
>5770WDS    52      ILE C++
>
>That is they can be installed separately.>
>
>GO LICPGM, option 10.
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