Question

I suspect this is a very minor issue, but I have spent several hours trying to fix it and have not found anything.

In Game.h (a header file), I have the following:

#pragma once

#include "PlayEngine.h"

class Game {

public:
    int Init();
    int Run();
    int Shutdown();

private:
    enum State { ST_MENU, ST_PLAYING } state;
    PlayEngine* playengine_;
};

The compiler throws a syntax error on PlayEngine* playengine_, complaining that there is a missing ; before the *. PlayEngine is a class I have defined in other places.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

Replace

#include "PlayEngine.h"

with

class PlayEngine;

A declaration is enough for this case. (and I’m betting the source is a circular inclusion)