INFO: Compiler Errors When Compiling a C++ File as a C File

• The Microsoft C/C++ Compiler (CL.EXE) included with: - Microsoft C/C++ for MS-DOS, version 7.0 - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.5, 1.51, 1.52 - Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0, 5.0

SUMMARY

The following error is typically the first of many returned by the Microsoft C/C++ Compiler when attempting to compile a file that includes a C++ header file such as IOSTREAM.H in a C program:

   ios.h(33) : error C2282: 'class' is followed by 'streambuf'.
            (missing ','?)

MORE INFORMATION

The C/C++ compiler invokes either the C compiler or the C++ compiler according to the file's extension. If it ends in .C, the C compiler is invoked; if it ends in .CPP or .CXX, the C++ compiler is invoked.

To invoke the C++ compiler on a file that ends in .C or some other extension, use the /Tp switch to explicitly specify a C++ source file.

The sample code below produces the above errors, if compiled with:

   cl hello.c

   cl hello.cpp

   -or-

   cl /Tp hello.c

Sample Code

   /* Compile options needed:  None
   */

   #include <iostream.h>

   void main (void)
   {
        cout << "Hello World";
   }