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[Coro]

Hey Everyone

I'm currently having a problem with some libraries that I'm trying to import into my project. I have created an OBJ Loader in which you can load the contents of an "obj" file into some C arrays, which then passed into OpenGL (Glut) to render to the screen. My problem is that I have certain libraries conflicting with each other. Glut requires "windows.h" for the "gl.h" file. But I also need some other standard libraries such as:

<SDL>
<cstdlib>
<vector>
<string>
<algorithm>
<fstream>
<cstdio>
<stdlib.h>
<stdio.h>
<assert.h>

So all together my code looks like this:

#include <SDL/SDL.h>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <cstdio>
#ifdef WIN32
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <Windows.h>
#endif
#include <GL/glut.h>

From this I get a whole load of errors:

http://imagebin.org/229514

Any help will be appreciated!

P.s. I know that its conflictions between the libraries but I don't know what things to undefine.

Edited by Coro, 23 September 2012 - 11:51 AM.

[RobTheBloke]

change your file extension to ".cpp" from ".c".

[Cornstalks]

Note that you're also using some C headers and also their C++ equivalents, which may not cause technical errors, but is still bad practice. <stdlib.h> is for C, <cstdlib> is for C++ (so you should only include <cstdlib>). <stdio.h> is for C, <cstdio> is for C++ (so you should only include <cstdio>). <assert.h> is for C, <cassert> is for C++ (so you should change <assert.h> to <cassert>). There's a pattern here. If there's a C header and you want to use it in C++, drop the ".h" from the end, add "c" to the front of it, and access the things from the std:: namespace instead of the global namespace. That's the "proper" way to use standard C headers in C++.

C and C++ are not the same language and should not be treated the same. That's why you can't include a C++ header in a C file, and there is a specific way to include standard C headers in C++ files.

[BinaryPhysics]

As a side point I always find it helpful to arrange my includes in a particular way... That is assuming that they need to be at the top of the document.

Try arranging it like: C standard library files (the <c*> versions), C++ standard library files, other compiler includes, and then your own custom headers.