Error C2061

[Salvador37]

Hi

I've searched in a lot of foruns, including this one, to an answer to this error that is pissing me off. I know that it's about circular dependence, but i just can't make it work. Please take a look to the error message:

1>Compiling...
1>Iluminador.cpp
1>c:\vrts_project\vrts_project\vrts_project\ceu.h(13) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'Iluminador'
1>Visualizador.cpp
1>c:\vrts_project\vrts_project\vrts_project\iluminador.h(36) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'Visualizador'
1>Generating Code...
1>Compiling...
1>EstruturaN1_T.cpp
1>Generating Code...
1>Compiling...
1>ActiveLoader.cpp
1>Ceu.cpp
1>PickHandler.cpp
1>Rua.cpp
1>RuaFake.cpp
1>SceneLoader.cpp
1>vrts_main.cpp
1>EstruturaN1_Fake.cpp
1>Generating Code...
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\VRTS_PROJECT\VRTS_project\VRTS_project\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>VRTS_project - 2 error(s), 1 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Making it shorter: "Ceu.h" calls "Iluminador.h"; "Iluminador.h" calls "Visualizador.h"; "Visualizador.h" calls another header, "main.h", witch calls almost all other headers to the project. Why only these two is giving errors back?

Thanks in advance

[ZuK]

Sometimes the use of forward declarations and use of pointers and references (instead of objects ) in the headers is the only way out of such situations.
Kurt

[jefranki]

Do all your header files have guards around them? By guard, I mean something like:

#ifndef SOMEFILE_H
#define SOMEFILE_H

// all the usual header file stuff should go in here
// between the #define and the #endif 

#endif

This prevents most of the usual circular definition issues. Every single one of the header files you work with should have them (as a just-in-case).

[Salvador37]

Thanks, guys.

These guards resolved my problem. I didn't know how to deal with them, now its working.