Question

I’ve been trying to compile some basic linked-list example i took somewhere else.

The problem i am having is more of user kind. I guess the picture says it all:

What’s the reason for all the weird symbols ? Normal MinGW output should look something like error: invalid conversion from ‘void*’ to ‘element*’

That’s the problem i am having, but i would be happy to receive explanation on the error itself. Here is my code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
struct element {
       int info;
       struct element *next;
};
int main(void){
struct element *head, *node;
int arv;
head = NULL;
printf("Enter number! (0 to exit)");
scanf("%d",&arv);
while (arv != 0){
      node = malloc(sizeof *node);
      node->next = head;
      node->info = arv;
      head = node;
      printf("Enter number! (0 to exit)");
      scanf("%d",&arv);
}
}

Edit
Solved ! Thanks for the info guys. Similar question:

mingw g++ gives warnings in wrong language (german instead of english)

Non-localized version of MinGW?

As for the solution, i removed everything from “\mingw\share\locale”. Might not be the best practice though.

Answer 1

I am wildly guessing here, but your compiler might be outputting error messages localized in your language using UTF-8, and your terminal does not understand UTF-8 and displays it in some Windows codepage. Are your language settings configured for a non-latin language?