Re: [fluid-dev] Compiling fluidsynth 1.1.1 with libsndfile support on Windows

[Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas]

On Saturday, March 6, 2010, Felix Krause wrote:
> - Now I had a strange syntax error while compiling. VS said:
>               1>..\..\src\fluid_cmd.c(472) : error C2143: syntax error : 
> missing ';'
> before 'type' 1>..\..\src\fluid_cmd.c(473) : error C2143: syntax error :
> missing ';' before 'type' I don't really know what this error is about, as
> everything looks fine. However, I found a workaround (only do this if you
> get the same error!): double clicking on the error will take you to those
> two lines in fluid_cmd.c: int channum = atoi(av[0]);
>               int value = atoi(av[1]);
>       change them into:
>               channum = atoi(av[0]);
>               value = atoi(av[1]);
>       now right behind the "{" in the same function, add:
>               int channum;
>               int value;

Your fix is correct. In ANSI C (C90), all declarations must precede statements 
in every block. MSVC follows this rule. The fix is now committed to the 
repository.

Regards,
Pedro