Re: [PATCH 0/8] enhancing builds on Solaris

Junio C Hamano wrote:

I get this error when compiling using the SUNWspro c99 compiler when delta.h is included in diff-delta.c:

"diff-delta.c", line 314: identifier redeclared: create_delta
        current : function(pointer to const struct delta_index {unsigned long memsize, pointer to const void src_buf, unsigned long src_size, unsigned int hash_mask, array[-1] of pointer to struct index_entry {..} hash}, pointer to const void, unsigned long, pointer to unsigned long, unsigned long) returning pointer to void
        previous: function(pointer to const struct delta_index {unsigned long memsize, pointer to const void src_buf, unsigned long src_size, unsigned int hash_mask, array[-1] of pointer to struct index_entry {..} hash}, pointer to const void, unsigned long, pointer to unsigned long, unsigned long) returning pointer to void : "delta.h", line 44
c99: acomp failed for diff-delta.c
gmake: *** [diff-delta.o] Error 2

I don't see any difference between those two "current" and "previous" statements.

I thought I knew why the error was occurring, but now I don't think I do. There are other function declarations in delta.h that are implemented in diff-delta.c, and those functions are both declared and implemented _before_ create_delta in delta.h and diff-delta.c respectively.

But, there does not seem to be anything declared in delta.h that is required by diff-delta.c.

Maybe the commit message should be shortened to something more like:

   The SUNWspro C99 compiler complains: "identifier redeclared: create_delta" when
   delta.h is included.  There is nothing in "delta.h" that is required by
   diff-delta.c, so don't #include it.

Hmm, well, I just noticed that in the commit message I said "diff.h" everywhere when I meant to say "delta.h". Maybe that is the confusion.

-brandon