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From: kientzle@netcom.com
Subject: Re: conflicting types for `wchar_t'
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References: <4eijt4$5sa@dali.cs.uni-magdeburg.de>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 20:37:58 GMT
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In X11/Xlib.h, take a peek at the previous line:

>
> /* replace this with #include or typedef appropriate for your system */
> typedef unsigned long wchar_t;
>

I just followed the instructions... <grin>

As for sys_errlist, just comment out the definition that causes the
problem.

                                - Tim

In article <4eijt4$5sa@dali.cs.uni-magdeburg.de>,
Roland Jesse <jesse@csmd.cs.UNI-Magdeburg.DE> wrote:
>How may I avoid the error that `wchar_t' is previous declared when in 
>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h is this line:
>
>typedef unsigned long wchar_t;
>
>and in /usr/include/stdlib.h this one:
>
>typedef _BSD_WCHAR_T_   wchar_t; 
>
>???
>
>
>Both header files are needed. So how to avoid this error?
>(BTW: same procedure with `sys_errlist'...)
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>--
>Roland (rj,-) Jesse, stud.rer.nat. et phil.
>URL: http://www.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~jesse/
>E-Mail: jesse@csmd.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
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