Just a bad day? (compiler errors)

I tried to compile some code that I've been working with and compiled several time only today I'm getting A LOT of compiler errors. This one in particular is bothering me:
I get
"c:\dev-cpp\fabsim\globalmeta.cpp(71) : error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function"
from VSC 6.0.

the piece its talking about is:

Code:

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int VolTableG::bindNext(VolTableG * next)
//Assign volume as next in list
{
        if(next()) next->myNext = next();
        myNext = next;
        return 1;
}

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which refers to:

Code:

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VolTableG *        VolTableG::next()
//get next Volume in list
{
        return myNext;
}

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ANy ideas? thanks guys.

just a quick guess ...

Code:

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if(next()) next->myNext = next();

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but

Code:

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int VolTableG::bindNext(VolTableG * next)

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"hides" the next() function ... bindNext() thinks next is a
pointer to a VolTableG variable.

Either change the name of the "next" variable in bindNext,
or maybe ...

Code:

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if(VolTableG::next()) next->myNext = next();

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Try changing the parameter name (now next could be a function pointer and a VolTableG*).
Try also replacing "next()" with "this->next()".

renaming the variable did work, defining the namespace didn't, odd that I didn't have this problem compiling the other day...

wanna take a shot at this one:
"c:\dev-cpp\fabsim\datastamp.h(32) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before ';'
c:\dev-cpp\fabsim\datastamp.h(32) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before ';'
c:\dev-cpp\fabsim\datastamp.h(32) : error C2460: 'string' : uses 'DataStamp', which is being defined"

reffering to: DataStamp(tsDBtype db);
in:

Code:

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class DataStamp
{
        public:
                DataStamp();
                DataStamp(tsDBtype db);
                ~DataStamp();

                bool                add(tsData &ts);
                bool                update(tsData &ts);
                void                remove(tsData &ts);
                TimeStmp        retrieve(tsData &ts);

                setDB(tsDBtype db);

                cleanup();

        private:
                tsData objKey1;                        //Timstamp sample
                tsDBtype myDB;                        //Location of DB
                ulong DBSize;                        //Entries added to DB
                ulong activeTScount;        //Active Entries

                int seekLocation(tsData &ts);

};

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BTW definitions.h has "#define tsDBtype string"

I'm interested to know why these files compiled the other day and not today... could adding the string.h to the mix have caused this?

Is "string.h" the standard one that comes with most compilers or a custom one that you wrote yourself? Also, what type of variable is "string" anyway? Presumably it's a class of some sort that you wrote? Finally, what compiler are you using? It looks like Visual C++. Is that right?