pointer related: can't figure out this bug

Hi, I'm getting the following error:
error: incompatible types in assignment

Here is the relevant struct declaration..

Code:

typedef struct _Format_list {
    char *format_name;
    FieldList field_list;
    int struct_size;
    OptInfo *opt_info;
}FormatRec, *FormatList, StructDescRec, *StructDescList;

Now here's is the function declaration for the function I'm trying to call:

Code:

extern submit_handle * create_subscriber_mq(char * name, StructDescRec* format, char* subtype, char* function_str, char* out_subtype)

This is how I create the struct:

Code:

StructDescRec format_list[] =
{
        // a_field_list and b_field_list are of type FieldList
        {"a_rec", a_field_list, sizeof(a_record), NULL},
        {"b_rec", b_field_list, sizeof(b_record), NULL},
        {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
};

Now here is my actual call:

Code:

handle = create_subscriber_mq("jaitest", mq_format_list, "subtype", trans, "outsub");

This is where the error actually occurs.. on this function call.

Any ideas?

Is "jaitest" a pointer to an array of char's?

Originally Posted by Adak

Is "jaitest" a pointer to an array of char's?

I thought it was.. I thought "sdfsfsdf" returned a pointer to the chars...

Anyways, I've done that stuff before for the names and i haven't really had a problem.

Originally Posted by Adak

Is "jaitest" a pointer to an array of char's?

I just did

Code:

char* chan = "test";

then passed chan in and I get the same error.

Please post the entire error message.

Jim

Originally Posted by jimblumberg

Please post the entire error message.

Jim

mqrec.c: In function ‘main’:
mqrec.c:55: error: incompatible types in assignment
mqrec.c:50: warning: unused variable ‘sub_b’
mqrec.c:50: warning: unused variable ‘sub_a’
make: *** [test] Error 1

Is handle a pointer?

And is it the same as submit_handle?

Jim

Originally Posted by jimblumberg

Is handle a pointer?

And is it the same as submit_handle?

Jim

You got it! I wasn't making handle a pointer. STupid oversight on my part.

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