i'm converting a c++ project to D and i'm getting a ton of error messages

"camera.d(35): struct camera.CVector3 no size yet for forward reference"

does anyone know what this could mean? thx.

"clayasaurus" <clayasaurus@gmail.com> wrote in message news:cmfbe5$18sn$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> i'm converting a c++ project to D and i'm getting a ton of error messages
>
> "camera.d(35): struct camera.CVector3 no size yet for forward reference"
>
> does anyone know what this could mean? thx.

Try moving the definition of CVector3 before line 35.

thx. that seems to work :)

Walter wrote:
> "clayasaurus" <clayasaurus@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cmfbe5$18sn$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> 
>>i'm converting a c++ project to D and i'm getting a ton of error messages
>>
>>"camera.d(35): struct camera.CVector3 no size yet for forward reference"
>>
>>does anyone know what this could mean? thx.
> 
> 
> Try moving the definition of CVector3 before line 35.
> 
> 

clayasaurus wrote:
> i'm converting a c++ project to D and i'm getting a ton of error messages
> 
> "camera.d(35): struct camera.CVector3 no size yet for forward reference"
> 
> does anyone know what this could mean? thx.

To me, it means DMD still has a few bugs in this area.  Isn't D meant to work regardless of the order in which data types are declared?

Stewart.

"Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:cmnj69$2ll9$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> clayasaurus wrote:
> > i'm converting a c++ project to D and i'm getting a ton of error
messages
> >
> > "camera.d(35): struct camera.CVector3 no size yet for forward reference"
> >
> > does anyone know what this could mean? thx.
>
> To me, it means DMD still has a few bugs in this area.  Isn't D meant to work regardless of the order in which data types are declared?

D does do a reasonably good job with this, but not 100%.