strange "syntax error" problem :S

hey again, I know I'm asking a load of questions, but I find this problem really strange :S
I use Visual C++ 2008 Express, and i get this error "error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'platform'" Yes I've tried google

ok, so I got this function:

Code:

void character::stop(HGE* hge, character& c, platform& plat){
	float dt = hge->Timer_GetDelta();

	if(c.charRect.Intersect(&plat.rect)){
		if(dir == LEFT) x += speed * dt;
		if(dir == RIGHT) x -= speed * dt;
		if(dir == DOWN) y -= gravityPull;
		if(dir == UP) y += speed * dt;
	}
}

And one other that's kinda the same, just in a different class

Code:

void worldManager::chrIntersectPlat(character& c, platform& plat){
	c.stop(hge,c,plat);

}

See, those look kinda the same, just that the first one has also the 'HGE* hge' argument... But the first one gives the error :S
Both have 'platform.h' included, why does it then only work on one of them?
Thanks in advance!

Perhaps character isn't what you think it is.
If it's a macro, it could have turned your code into pudding before you know what's happened.

what's that supposed to mean? o.O

Make sure you haven't defined any macros that could be causing 'character' or 'c' to be preprocessed away.

what's a macro o.O?

Originally Posted by Akkernight

what's a macro o.O?

Cynical answer: Something you almost certainly shouldn't be using in C++.

Real answer: Something defined using the #define preprocessor directive.

ohh... Well, I havn't used #define, except for the h files, like #define CHARACTER_H and such stuff xP
oh and I have one enum, but it doesn't have any name close to any of those :S

How is platform defined?

Code:

#define PLATFORM_H

This is very frusterating xP

That is clearly not a definition of the platform datatype.

huh o.O? That's what I'm having in the platform.h file...

Code:

#ifndef PLATFORM_H
#define PLATFORM_H

#include "hge.h"
#include "hgerect.h"
#include "character.h"

//platform.h

class platform {

private:
	hgeQuad platQuad;

public:
	platform();
	virtual ~platform();

	float z;
	float x, y;
	hgeRect rect;

	void updateQVert();
	void updateRect();
	void quadRender(HGE* hge);
	void quadTexture( HTEXTURE tex, DWORD col, int blend);
	void move(float x2, float y2);
};

#endif

Code:

#ifndef CHARACTER_H
#define CHARACTER_H

//character.h
#include "hge.h"
#include "hgerect.h"
#include "console.h"
#include "platform.h"

class character {
	
protected:
	void renderQuad(HGE* hge, hgeQuad* quad);
	void flipLeft(hgeQuad* quad);
	void flipRight(hgeQuad* quad);
	void updateQVert(hgeQuad* quad);

public:
	character();
	virtual ~character();

	enum direction {LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, UP};
	direction dir;

	virtual void pullDown();
	virtual void stop(HGE* hge, character& c, platform& plat);

	float speed;
	float x, y;
	float z;
	float gravityPull;
	hgeRect charRect;
	
};
#endif

That might help?

So then, when someone asks for the definition of platform, you should give them the definition of platform:

Code:

class platform {

private:
	hgeQuad platQuad;

public:
	platform();
	virtual ~platform();

	float z;
	float x, y;
	hgeRect rect;

	void updateQVert();
	void updateRect();
	void quadRender(HGE* hge);
	void quadTexture( HTEXTURE tex, DWORD col, int blend);
	void move(float x2, float y2);
};

Notice how this is the code that defines platform as a new type, specifically a class, with all the appropriate members.

Both of these functions also need #include <character.h> as well, it looks like. (And just as a wild guess, you need to include the headers before you do the functions, but you've probably got that.) If you have both the headers, then you don't get any errors.

huh o.O? So I'm supposed to include 'platform.h' in platform.h and 'character.h' in character.h o.O?
Well, I tried that and it didn't work...
Or did you mean something else?

Not that this will solve your problem but:

Code:

void character::stop(HGE* hge, character& c, platform& plat){
	float dt = hge->Timer_GetDelta();

	if(c.charRect.Intersect(&plat.rect)){
		if(dir == LEFT) x += speed * dt;
		if(dir == RIGHT) x -= speed * dt;
		if(dir == DOWN) y -= gravityPull;
		if(dir == UP) y += speed * dt;
	}
}

Are you sure you mean "&plat.rect"? Since plat is passed as a reference "&plat" literally means "the address of plat"

yeah well, before I did that it gave me an compiler error :S