Thread: type declaration - dereferencing prob

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    type declaration - dereferencing prob

    hi!

    this is my declaration:
    Code:
     
    enum tKoerperart { einfach, komplex };
    enum tGeometrie { wuerfel, kugel, zylinder, kegel };
    ...
    typedef struct koerper{
    enum tKoerperart art;
    ...
    }tKoerper;
    
    typedef struct tKoerper *pKoerper;
    
    typedef struct objekt {
    ...
    pKoerper koerper;
    ...
    }tObjekt;
    
    typedef struct szenenGraph *pSzenenGraph;
    struct szenenGraph
    {
    tObjekt objekt;
    ...
    };
    i'm trying this:

    Code:
     
    void
    zeichneSzenenGraph(pSzenenGraph wurzelzeiger){
    ...
          if(wurzelzeiger->objekt.koerper!=(pKoerper)0){
            switch (wurzelzeiger->objekt.koerper->art) {
    	      case einfach: ...; 
                          ...
    	    }
    }
    ,and compiler says this:
    dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

    this is the referred line
    -->switch (wurzelzeiger->objekt.koerper->art)

    why?!
    any ideas?

    thanks for answers
    martin

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    Code:
    typedef struct koerper{
    enum tKoerperart art;
    ...
    }tKoerper;
    
    typedef struct tKoerper *pKoerper;  /* don't need struct here */
    you don't need struct keyword there b/c it was already typedef'd.
    :wq

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    great, this seemes to solve the problem.
    thanks a lot.

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