Subj : Re: uint64 constants
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Gordon Gidluck
Date : Sun Feb 13 2005 06:39 am


The problem was with a #define

/* adjust for compilers that can't understand using LLU suffix for uint64_t literals */
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#define FLAC__U64L(x) x
#else
#define FLAC__U64L(x) x##LLU
#endif

Gordon

"Gordon Gidluck" <gidluck@alltel.net> wrote:
>
>I am trying to compile FLAC (free lossless audio codec) on Borland C++ 5.02. 
>
>How do you assign a 64-bit unsigned constant in Borland C++ ?
>
>FLAC_API const FLAC__uint64 FLAC__STREAM_METADATA_SEEKPOINT_PLACEHOLDER = FLAC__U64L(0xffffffffffffffff);
>
>This generates an error message "declaration syntax error".
>
>Gordon
>

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