What does this error mean error expected specifier-qualifier-list before type name

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I ve been working on the Cell processor and I m trying to create a struct that will hold an spe context ptr t  which will be used within the thread to launch an spe context and will also hold a pointer to something else that will be passed to the spu context from within the thread  currently I m trying to just make it a generic pointer  but in actuality it will be a pointer to another structure I ve defined   When I try and compile  I get the following error   spu    common h 38  error  expected specifier-qualifier-list before  spe context ptr t      here is the offending line s   typedef struct  PTHREAD BLOCK       spe context ptr t   context     Error happens here     uintptr32 t  args      PTHREAD BLOCK

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I had the same error message but the solution is different.

The compiler parses the file from top to bottom.

Make sure a struct is defined BEFORE using it into another:

typedef struct
{
    char name[50];
    wheel_t wheels[4]; //wrong, wheel_t is not defined yet
} car_t;

typedef struct
{
    int weight;
} wheel_t;

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I got it with an import loop   ---FILE B h  import  A h   interface B    A  a     end  ---FILE A h  import  B h   interface A           end

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I was able to sort this out using Gorgando s fix  but instead of moving imports away  I commented each out individually  built the app  then edited accordingly until I got rid of them

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this error basically comes when you use the object before using it

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For iPhone cocoa-touch projects   I had this problem and thanks to Eric Farraro s comment  I was able to get it resolved  I was importing a class WSHelper h in many of my other classes  But I also was importing some of those same classes in my WSHelper h  circular like Eric said   So  to fix this I moved the imports from my WSHelper h file to my WSHelper m file as they weren t really needed in the  h file anyway

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The compiler doesn t know that spe context ptr t is a type   Check that the appropriate typedef is in scope when this code is compiled   You may have forgotten to include the appropriate header file

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You have to name your struct like that   typedef struct car t       char     wheel t    car t

[c++] What does this error mean: "error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'type_name'"?

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