Compilation errors for a c api

Question

What would be the reason for the following errors though the syntax was right and I have included the coreservices framework in which some data type and constants are declared.

" c.c:22: error: syntax error before ‘CFFileDescriptorRef’

c.c:22: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union

c.c:24: error: syntax error before ‘}’ token

c.c:24: warning: data definition has no type or storage class

lipo: can't figure out the architecture type of: /var/folders/fF/fFgga6+-E48RL+iXKLFmAE+++TI/-Tmp-//ccFzQIAj.out "

Answer 1

c.c:22: error: syntax error before ‘CFFileDescriptorRef’

... Usually means that you are using a type that is not defined (e.g you forgot to #include whatever header defines it before using it).

The following code:

foo_t FooBar;

Reproduces the error, unless of course foo_t is typed somewhere prior to using it.

Or, it could be that you fat fingered whatever came before it :) Kind of hard to tell without seeing the code.