Thread: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

Originally Posted by surlyTomato

Hi,

I get the error above and I'm not sure why.
I have a file img.h (which I didn't write and have to use), in which I have

Code:

typedef struct{
             int XSize, YSize;
             int ZSize;
             unsigned char *Data;
             }  imginfo;

Then in img.c I have a function called LoadImage.
My problem is that when I call it from another file, the function works fine (it prints out info about an image), but I don't know how to access the members.

I'm doing this:

Code:

struct imginfo *infoCoul;
int diggity;

diggity = LoadImage(refCam, infoCoul);
printf("X: %d\n", infoCoul->XSize);

The prototype for LoadImage is:
int LoadImage(char *Name, imginfo *I);
It's not a missing .h file inclusion since my LoadImage function works.
Also, if I wanted to acess *Data would I need to declare something like an "unsiged char **dataAccess"?

Thanks

I hope that before using the

imginfo *infoCoul;

you have assigned the address to the structure which you want to access.

Now it says
error: ‘imginfo’ undeclared (first use in this function)

imginfo is declared in img.h and I have a #include img.h in the file with the main.
LoadImage (included in img.c), which is printing out the loaded image parameters, was working before I removed the "struct", like laserlight pointed out, and then it didn't anymore.

In the file which I run to link the stuff (compilegcc) I have

Code:

gcc -o helperFunctions.o -c helperFunctions.c 
gcc -o fonctionsCommandes.o -c fonctionsCommandes.c
gcc -o img.o -c img.c 
gcc -o matrixmath.o -c matrixmath.c
gcc -Wall -o $1 $a helperFunctions.o fonctionsCommandes.o img.o matrixmath.o -lm

and I use it by running
./compilegcc myFile
where myFile is the one with the main. I included all the ".h"s in myFile.

If I put a
#include img.h
in the specific file I need it in, it works, but I don't see why I should do it, since it's included in my main.

If I comment out the above #include and re-add the incorrect "struct", it prints out:

Code:

Image x and y size in pixels: 100 100
Image zsize in channels: 3
Image pixel min and max: 0 255

so I don't understand how it knows where to find LoadImage and not know where to find imginfo.

Basically, I don't know if really need to include the "img.h" in each file I need it in, or if it's something else.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by surlyTomato

Now it says
error: ‘imginfo’ undeclared (first use in this function)

imginfo is declared in img.h and I have a #include img.h in the file with the main.
LoadImage (included in img.c), which is printing out the loaded image parameters, was working before I removed the "struct", like laserlight pointed out, and then it didn't anymore.

In the file which I run to link the stuff (compilegcc) I have

Code:

gcc -o helperFunctions.o -c helperFunctions.c 
gcc -o fonctionsCommandes.o -c fonctionsCommandes.c
gcc -o img.o -c img.c 
gcc -o matrixmath.o -c matrixmath.c
gcc -Wall -o $1 $a helperFunctions.o fonctionsCommandes.o img.o matrixmath.o -lm

and I use it by running
./compilegcc myFile
where myFile is the one with the main. I included all the ".h"s in myFile.

If I put a
#include img.h
in the specific file I need it in, it works, but I don't see why I should do it, since it's included in my main.

If I comment out the above #include and re-add the incorrect "struct", it prints out:

Code:

Image x and y size in pixels: 100 100
Image zsize in channels: 3
Image pixel min and max: 0 255

so I don't understand how it knows where to find LoadImage and not know where to find imginfo.

Basically, I don't know if really need to include the "img.h" in each file I need it in, or if it's something else.

Thanks.

The reason it says imginfo undeclared is because its not finding the declaration for it and still you are trying to access it.

Also the .h file should always be included where it is required (in the appropriate .c file) and not necessarily in the main file.

Also post the .c file that is giving you the error.

The img.h file is also included in img.c
The file that calls LoadImage is like this now

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "fonctionsCommandes.h"
#include "img.h"


void couleurd(char* methode, char* refCam, int x, int y, int z_d){
	
	imginfo *infoCoul;
	//unsigned char *Data;
	int diggity;
	//int *Xsz;
	
	if(strcmp(methode,"plusproche")==0){
		printf("refcam: %s, x: %d y: %d z:%d \n\n",refCam,x,y,z_d);
		diggity = LoadImage(refCam, infoCoul);
		//Data = infoCouleurd->Data;
		//Xsz = infoCouleurd->XSize;
		printf(">X: %d\n", infoCoul->XSize);

	}
	return;
}
}

And a couple more prototypes below. Its name is fonctionCommandes.c and the couleurd() function is called from helperFunctions.c

The output now is:

Code:

Image x and y size in pixels: 100 100
Image zsize in channels: 3
Image pixel min and max: 0 255
>X: 100

And, as an aside, if I do this

Code:

       unsigned char *DataC;
	int diggity;
	//int *Xsz;
	
	if(strcmp(methode,"plusproche")==0){
		printf("refcam: %s, x: %d y: %d z:%d \n\n",refCam,x,y,z_d);
		diggity = LoadImage(refCam, infoCoul);
		DataC = infoCoul->Data;
		//Xsz = infoCouleurd->XSize;
		printf(">X: %d\n", infoCoul->XSize);
		printf(">Data_0: %s\n", DataC[0]);
	}

I get a seg fault. Isn't Data a string in the struct?

Originally Posted by surlyTomato

I get a seg fault. Isn't Data a string in the struct?

No. It is something that could, one day, point to a string, if you happened to have one hanging around somewhere. But (the way you have things set up) you do not get a string free with every struct; they need to come from elsewhere.

All fixed, thanks.
Most of my problems were coming from an odd order of declaration thing (which I have yet to fix, but that's another problem).

If anyone has any idea...
Here

Code:

void couleurd(char* methode, char* refCam, int x, int y, int z_d){
	
	int i;
	unsigned char *DataC;
	int xSize, ySize;
	imginfo *infoCoul;
	int ret;
	
	//int i;
//	int xSize, ySize;          ?????????????????????? seg fault if declared here??
	//unsigned char *DataC;
		
	if(strcmp(methode,"plusproche")==0){
		printf("refcam: %s, x: %d y: %d z:%d \n\n",refCam,x,y,z_d);
		ret = LoadImage(refCam, infoCoul);
		pixelC imPixels[100][100];
		
		DataC = infoCoul->Data;
		printf("Data stuff: %d\n", DataC[4]);
		//fillPixelArray(Data, imPixels);
	}
	return;
}

The output is

Code:

Image x and y size in pixels: 100 100
Image zsize in channels: 3
Image pixel min and max: 0 255
Data stuff: 25

Here:

Code:

void couleurd(char* methode, char* refCam, int x, int y, int z_d){
	
	//int i;
	unsigned char *DataC;
	int xSize, ySize;
	imginfo *infoCoul;
	int ret;
	
	int i;
//	int xSize, ySize;          ?????????????????????? seg fault if declared here??
	//unsigned char *DataC;
		
	if(strcmp(methode,"plusproche")==0){
		printf("refcam: %s, x: %d y: %d z:%d \n\n",refCam,x,y,z_d);
		ret = LoadImage(refCam, infoCoul);
		//xSize = infoCoul->XSize;
		//ySize = infoCoul->YSize;
		//pixelC imPixels[xSize][ySize];	?????????????? seg fault!
		pixelC imPixels[100][100];
		
		DataC = infoCoul->Data;
		printf("Data stuff: %d\n", DataC[4]);
		//fillPixelArray(Data, imPixels);
	}
	return;
}

I get a seg fault, when all I did was declare the i, after declaring ret.
Anything that I declare after ret will give me a seg fault. I'm stumped.

Originally Posted by surlyTomato

If I comment the blah line out, it's fine. -- [edit: this part is fixed]

Also, I'm sorry, but I don't see what you mean by "you do not get a string free with every struct", since Data is filled by LoadImage().

Doesn't that mean that Data points to the pixel values in my image?

The reason is that Data is an array of 64 bytes as allocated by malloc but for the system to know that it is a string it must be terminated with a null character '\0' which is not being done anywhere in your code and hence when you try to print it using %s it gives you an error.

Also i dont see any reason why you should be getting a segfault just because you are declaring a variable after some place instead of at the beginning.