In lecture 151, in codegen.c line 857, you use off_t. It doesn't raise an error...

Tom Bonesteel Answered 1 answer

Question by Tom Bonesteel 1 year ago

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In lecture 151, in codegen.c line 857, you use off_t. It doesn't raise an error in your Visual Studio. In mine it does, but the code does compile fine with gcc. If I include it is resolved, but you do not include this in your source. Any suggestions?

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Answered by Daniel McCarthy

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On GCC (Linux or POSIX systems), off_t is part of the standard headers. It works because the compiler environment provides POSIX-compliant libraries. Visual Studio (on Windows) does not natively include or define off_t, as it is a POSIX-specific type. This is why you encounter an error when compiling with Visual Studio.

I recommend following on Linux

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