[SOLVED] QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE gives error "missing binary operator before token (" in qnamespace.h

[mbreier]

Hi,

I am currently porting a Qt application from 4.8.4 to 5.1.
In some files I got the error message:

missing binary operator before token "("

in the line where the macro QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE is called.

For example the error appears in qnamspace.h, qchar.h, qstring.h, qmetatype.h, qobject.h, qvariant.h.

Any Ideas about this problem?

Michael

[bjanuario]

You should replace by: "QVariant::value()":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtcore/qvariant.html#value

[mbreier]

I don't know what you mean. There is no QVariant within the Error.
For example it appears in qnamespace.h in line 1443 with the following lines:

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 0)
typedef WindowFlags WFlags;
#endif

and in qchar.h in line 360 and 367 with the following code:

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 0)
QT_DEPRECATED inline char toAscii() const { return toLatin1(); }
#endif

and

#if QT_DEPRECATED_SINCE(5, 0)
QT_DEPRECATED static inline QChar fromAscii(char c)
{ return fromLatin1( c ); }
#endif

The complete error message for qnamespace.h is the following:

In file included from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/qnamespace.h:1:0,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qobjectdefs.h:45,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/qobjectdefs.h:1,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore/../../src/corelib/kernel/qobject.h:48,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore/qobject.h:1,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore/QObject:1,
from ....\UTA-FHE2629-1100\LimitsSPS/..\ea_setup\digitalea.h:4,
from ....\UTA-FHE2629-1100\LimitsSPS/..\ea_setup\ea_info.h:5,
from ....\UTA-FHE2629-1100\LimitsSPS/limits.h:5,
from c:\mingw64\bin../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.1/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/stdlib.h:10,
from c:\mingw64\bin../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.1/include/c++/cstdlib:66,
from c:\mingw64\bin../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.1/include/c++/bits/stl_algo.h:61,
from c:\mingw64\bin../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.1/include/c++/algorithm:63,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/global/qglobal.h:80,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/qglobal.h:1,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/io/qiodevice.h:45,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/qiodevice.h:1,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/io/qtextstream.h:45,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/qtextstream.h:1,
from ........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/QTextStream:1,
from ....\UTA-FHE2629-1100\LimitsSPS\limitinfo.h:4,
from ....\UTA-FHE2629-1100\LimitsSPS\limitinfo.cpp:1:
........\qt5\qtbase\include/QtCore/../../src/corelib/global/qnamespace.h:1443:24: error: missing binary operator before token "("

so it starts with an include of the QTextStream.h

[mbreier]

I found it by myself.
I had a header file with the name limits.h.
The stdlib.h uses also a header file with the name limits.h. The compiler was then including the wrong limits.h from my project.

I renamed my file to limitsval.h and then it compiles correctly.

[bjanuario]

good :D