Just a bad day? (compiler errors)

[DevLip]

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:

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

which refers to:

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

ANy ideas? thanks guys.

[Philip Nicoletti]

just a quick guess ...

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

but

int VolTableG::bindNext(VolTableG * next)

"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 ...

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

[treuss]

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

[DevLip]

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:

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);

};

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?

[John E]

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?