PRB: C2061 Error Generated When DEBUG_NEW Used in Application

• The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), used with:
  • Microsoft C/C++ for MS-DOS, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition, versions 1.0, 1.5, 1.51, 1.52
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1

SYMPTOMS

An attempt to compile an application that changes the definition of the "new" operator to DEBUG_NEW fails and the compiler generates the following message:

error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'p'

CAUSE

The statement "#define new DEBUG_NEW" precedes an IMPLEMENT_SERIAL or an IMPLEMENT_DYNACREATE macro call.

RESOLUTION

Modify the source code to place the DEBUG_NEW definition after all statements that call the IMPLEMENT_SERIAL or IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE macros. For more information, see Chapter 15 of the Microsoft Visual C++ "Class Library User's Guide."

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior has changed for Visual C++ version 4.0. However, if you build an application that makes use of DEBUG_NEW with Visual C++ 4.0, and then attempt to build that application in Visual C++ version 2.x, you will need to move the #define DEBUG_NEW as discussed above.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.10 2.50 2.51 2.52 3.00 3.10 7.00

Keywords : kbnokeyword kbDebug kbMFC kbVC100 kbVC150 kbVC200 kbVC210 kbGrpMFCATL
Version : winnt:1.0,2.0,2.1
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb