"Previous declare - parameter mismatch"??

[Paul Squires]

Hi everybody,

I'm almost finished my first PB/DLL 6 project but I have come
across a strange error that I can not figure out. I have an
integer equate %MAX_NODE_SIZE that I set to size 1024. Throughout
the source I dimension fixed length strings using the equate.
Some of the strings are in TYPES and others are in the parameters
to function and sub calls. All my DECLARE statements also use
the equate.

Everything works perfectly until I change the equates value. I
thought I would try increasing the node size to see the result
on performance. When I do this I get an error 481 that reads
"Parameter mismatch with prior declaration". The Help manual
explains this error as "There is a previous declare declaration
with a parameter mismatch."

The error points to an unrelated function that doesn't
even use the equate in the parameter list or the code. If I REM
out the declare for that function then the same error occurs but
at a different function (and so on and so on).

I tried search/replace to update all references to 1024 with
2048 and the same error occurs.

I can't post the source and I know this explanation does not
seem very coherent but I hope someone may have encountered this
senario before.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!



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Paul Squires
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[Scott Turchin]

Node type huh? Is this a host connection application?

Could you have dimensioned an Asciiz value smaller than 2048 but larger than 1024 and ar4e passing that Asciiz value to a function that is expecting less?



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[Paul Squires]

Hi Scott,

The DLL is an xbase/btree system in the same vein as Bullet and
CodeBase.

The strings in question are not ASCIIZ strings. They are usually
dimensioned like DIM CachedNode AS STRING * %MAX_NODE_SIZE

All the functions that accept these types of strings are have
parameters like, FUNCTION GarbageNode(TheNode AS STRING * %MAX_NODE_SIZE)
etc....

The DECLARES for the functions and subs are also defined using the
equates.

The DLL works perfectly with 1024. It will also *compile* using
various other numbers (e.g. 1200, 1300) but when run it does
not produce the correct results - very wierd.

I'll continue developing using the 1024 node size, but in the
back of my mind this is nagging at me!

Thanks.




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Paul Squires
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