error: undefined reference to pointer

Hi all,

I'm developing a compiler and at this stage I'mhaving problems compiling one of the files ("tabela_simbolos.c"). Here's the .c and .h and the error messages:

tabela_simbolos.c

Code:

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#include "tabela_simbolos.h"

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

extern elemento_tabela* simbolo_tabela;

//Insere um novo identificador na cauda de uma lista ligada de símbolos
elemento_tabela *insere_elemento(char *str, tipo_basico t)
{
        elemento_tabela *novo_simbolo=(elemento_tabela*) malloc(sizeof(elemento_tabela));
        elemento_tabela *aux;
        elemento_tabela* anterior;

        strcpy(novo_simbolo->nome, str);
        novo_simbolo->tipo=t;
        novo_simbolo->proximo=NULL;

        if(simbolo_tabela)        //Se a tabela já tem elementos
        {        //Procura cauda da lista e verifica se simbolo ja existe (NOTA: assume-se uma tabela de simbolos globais!)
                for(aux=simbolo_tabela; aux; anterior=aux, aux=aux->proximo)
                        if(strcmp(aux->nome, str)==0)
                                return NULL;
               
                anterior->proximo=novo_simbolo;        //adiciona ao final da lista
        }
        else        //simbolo_tabela tem um elemento -> o novo símbolo
                simbolo_tabela=novo_simbolo;

        return novo_simbolo;
}

void mostra_tabela()
{
        elemento_tabela *aux;
        printf("\n");

        for(aux=simbolo_tabela; aux; aux=aux->proximo)
                printf("símbolo %s, tipo %d\n", aux->nome, aux->tipo);
}

//Procura um identificador, devolve 0 caso não exista
elemento_tabela *procura_elemento(char *str)
{
        elemento_tabela *aux;

        for(aux=simbolo_tabela; aux; aux=aux->proximo)
                if(strcmp(aux->nome, str)==0)
                        return aux;

        return NULL;
}

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tabela_simbolos.h

Code:

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#ifndef TABELA_SIMBOLOS_H
#define TABELA_SIMBOLOS_H

typedef enum {INTEIRO, FLOAT, CARACTER} tipo_basico;

typedef struct _t1
{
        char nome[32];
        tipo_basico tipo;
        struct _t1 *proximo;
} elemento_tabela;

elemento_tabela *insere_elemento(char *str, tipo_basico t);
void mostra_tabela();
elemento_tabela *procura_elemento(char *str);

#endif

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Quote:

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/tmp/cc2MnpKE.o: In function `insere_elemento':
tabela_simbolos.c:(.text+0x3b): undefined reference to `simbolo_tabela'
tabela_simbolos.c:(.text+0x44): undefined reference to `simbolo_tabela'
tabela_simbolos.c:(.text+0x90): undefined reference to `simbolo_tabela'
/tmp/cc2MnpKE.o: In function `mostra_tabela':
tabela_simbolos.c:(.text+0xb2): undefined reference to `simbolo_tabela'
/tmp/cc2MnpKE.o: In function `procura_elemento':
tabela_simbolos.c:(.text+0xf0): undefined reference to `simbolo_tabela'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

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If anybody has an idea of the cause of the error, I'd appreciate to know your opinion :|

Many thanks,
João Fernandes

You have this:

Code:

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extern elemento_tabela* simbolo_tabela;

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This says that somewhere, other than here, there is a elemento_tabela* called simbolo_tabela. You must somewhere define that variable.

That was the problem... sorry :|

But now I get the following error:

Quote:

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In file included from kpython.y:4:
tabela_simbolos.h:4: error: expected identifier before numeric constant

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(file included from kpython.y:4 is "tabela_simbolos.h")

The code is as posted above or the following:

Code:

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#ifndef TABELA_SIMBOLOS_H
#define TABELA_SIMBOLOS_H

typedef enum {INTEIRO, FLOAT, CARACTER} tipo_basico;

typedef struct _t1
{
        char nome[32];
        tipo_basico tipo;
        struct _t1 *proximo;
} elemento_tabela;

elemento_tabela *insere_elemento(char *str, tipo_basico t);
void mostra_tabela();
elemento_tabela *procura_elemento(char *str);

#endif

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Thanks for the help. Any hints with this one?

Well. I don't get that error, when I try to compile that file. Are one of INTEIRO, FLOAT, or CARACTER #defined somewhere else, perhaps? Somehow something on that line is apparently getting pre-processed into a number.

The weird stuff is that I also have no errors when compiling the file alone. but when I compile with the other files of the compiler that error appears... of course it must have to do with the other files but I don't know where it must be the problem :|

I would look for those three words in your other files (maybe tipo_basico too). You could also add one file at a time to the project and see which one it's in.

malloc is in stdlib.h, not malloc.h
Also, see the FAQ on casting the result of malloc.

For me, the weirdest thing is this.

The script I use for compiling is:

Code:

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#!/bin/bash
clear
lex kpython.l
yacc -d kpython.y
gcc -o kpython lex.yy.c y.tab.c estruturas.h funcoes.c funcoes.h semantica.c semantica.h tabela_simbolos.c tabela_simbolos.h

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When I delete the last line of the script the error is gone. It goes like this:

Code:

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#!/bin/bash
clear
lex kpython.l
yacc -d kpython.y

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The ironic thing is, the error is supposed to occur on kpython.y (in line #include "tabela_simbolos.h"), that still is compiled in this second version of the script. From what I've come to, I think the problem must have to do with y.tab.c, a file automatically generated when compiling the yacc file (kpython.y), and that was featured on the gcc line I deleted in the second script version... :\