Why that following fragment of the program gives mistake of compilation for .cpp:

struct  defmen
    {
    struct kmen
        {
        struct defmen *men;
        short   int    *mkeyout;
        }
    *mnext;
    char   *mstr;
    };

void
main(int argc, char **argv)
    {
    struct kmen *text;

    text->men[0].mstr;
    }

L:\ZAICEV\MED\PROJ\MARS>sc  test.cpp -ml
    text->men[0].mstr;
             ^
test.cpp(20) : Error: 'men' is not a member of undefined class 'kmen
    text->men[0].mstr;

And for .C all is compiled normally!  In VC 1.0 too all O'k.  How to bypass this problem?

kmen is nested inside defmen. You defined a new defmen class at global scope with the declaration of text. The solution is to move the definition of struct kmen into the global scope. -Walter

"ZaitcevE.V." <Genior@km.ru> wrote in message news:a1jima$2jjg$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Why that following fragment of the program gives mistake of compilation
for
> .cpp:
>
> struct  defmen
>     {
>     struct kmen
>         {
>         struct defmen *men;
>         short   int    *mkeyout;
>         }
>     *mnext;
>     char   *mstr;
>     };
>
> void
> main(int argc, char **argv)
>     {
>     struct kmen *text;
>
>     text->men[0].mstr;
>     }
>
> L:\ZAICEV\MED\PROJ\MARS>sc  test.cpp -ml
>     text->men[0].mstr;
>              ^
> test.cpp(20) : Error: 'men' is not a member of undefined class 'kmen
>     text->men[0].mstr;
>
> And for .C all is compiled normally!  In VC 1.0 too all O'k.  How to
bypass
> this problem?
>
>