Re: Expected identifier or '(' and other errors occur after copying working code to a second machine
Re: Expected identifier or '(' and other errors occur after copying working code to a second machine
- Subject: Re: Expected identifier or '(' and other errors occur after copying working code to a second machine
- From: Fritz Anderson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:49:20 -0500
A shot in the dark…
What are the line endings of the files (LF [UNIX/Mac], CR [legacy Mac], CRLF
[Windows/Internet protocols]), and how are they set in the Text Editing panels
of the Preferences window in the respective machines?
Inconsistent line endings have confused Xcode in the past, particularly for
line numbering and live parsing, so the theory comes to mind.
Also, have you looked at the preprocessor output for those files? Get one for
an .m file that leads to the error messages.
— F
> On 28 Oct 2014, at 8:44 AM, Saunderson, Rik <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> We created an iOS app quite a while ago which works perfectly on the Mac on
>which it was developed, but throws up errors when we try to compile it on a
>different Mac. Both Macs are running version 5.0.2 of XCode and are building
>for iOS 6.1 for legacy compatibility reasons.
>
> In order to transfer it to the second Mac, we simply copied the entire source
>directory onto a USB stick. If this is the cause of my issues, then could
>somebody let me know a better way to transfer projects.
>
> The project has a number of dependencies pulled in through CocoaPods. The
>Pods project/target builds correctly on both laptops.
>
> When trying to build the main project, we get several errors of the type:
>
> * Expected identifier or '('
>
> * Unexpected '@' in program
>
> * Missing context for method declaration
>
> * Expected method body
>
> This is an example of the compilation errors on one of my header files (note
>once again that the code is exactly the same as that which is compiles correctly
>on the other Mac):
> #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
> @interface DiagnosticViewController : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>
>
> @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextView *diagnosticReadout;
> @property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *connectionNameTextBox;
><- Unexpected '@' in program
> -(void) messageReceived:(NSString*)webPublisherMessage;
><- Missing context for method declaration
> @end
><-Expected method body
>
> All of the errors seem to be in .h files rather than in .m files. Some,
>but not all, of the issues seem to revolve around file a failing to pick up
>object types defined in file b, although not all of the issues are caused by
>this. I have checked all of the header search paths and they all seem to be correct.
>
> I have tried to doing a deep clean (Cmd + Opt + Shft + K), but this has not helped.
>A colleague suggested that I should do a Perform Action -> Preprocess command
>on the file in question, but since all of the files are .h files, this command
>is not available.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about what's going on? I can only assume that there's
>something wrong with the build settings or include paths or something, but I've
>checked through all of them and they all appear to be identical on both Macs.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Rik
> Rik Saunderson
> System Designer
> BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
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