parse error before `{', stray '\' in program

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <791B3205DB661A42B4BFE5464A7D1D02010E44F3 at chzugexch02.zug.ch.abatos.com> you wrote:
>
> If I have some defines which have '\' inside ...
>
> #define BIND_DESC_ALM \
> { \
> 	CAlmSourceProp::IdxBindingGrp; \
> }
>
> my cross compiler produce following output:
>
> ppc_8xx-gcc -fPIC -DPIC -D_DEBUG -Wall -ansi -g3 -O0
> -I/home/projects/Nscu/_Inc -I/home/projects/Nscu/_Inc_PC -c -o main.o
> main.cpp
> main.cpp:15: parse error before `{'
> main.cpp:15: stray '\' in program
> main.cpp:16: stray '\' in program

This is usually caused by illegal file formats.

> The troubles are coming from the dos <cr><lf> at line end. With gcc 3.2
> (from host) I don't have this problems.

Use Unix file formats (plain '\n' line termination).



Wolfgang Denk

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