Question

I cannot sort a compile time error. I am compiling C project. My main.c file has an #include where it can pick up the definition of a structure I am using for my project. The point is that each time that I am trying to compile my code I have the error

struct Mystruct* ps = (struct Mystruct* )malloc( sizeof(Mystruct) ); // I have this
// error at compile time

error: 'Mystruct' undeclared (first use in this function)

How it can be why the compiler is not able to read the structure definition?
The include folders are set correctly

Thanks

Answer 1

Sounds like you need to either use sizeof(struct Mystruct) in your expression or use a typedef struct Mystruct Mystruct somewhere. In C, structs have their own namespace.