Can someone tell me please what this error really means?: "error: expected expression before '/' token"
Googling says it is from using C++ style comments, in C code, which is not the case here. I can find no place where there actually *is* a '/' token in relation to the error: avr-gcc (AVR_8_bit_GNU_Toolchain_3.4.4_1229) 4.8.1 [GCC] : Compiling C File: "Version/version.c" to "[../Firmware_Project/Project/Object/] ../Firmware_Project/Project/Object/Version/version.o" J:\APPS/AVR_TC_344_1229/bin/avr-gcc [see command line below] <command-line>:0:11: error: expected expression before '/' token Version/version.c:25:48: note: in expansion of macro 'MODEL_STR' const char Model_Prj_str[] VERSION_INFO = MODEL_STR; /* Model */ ^ This is how MODEL_STR has been defined for a very long time (changed the project name for posting here): -DMODEL_STR=\"Project\" This has something to do with the build system and not the actual source code, as the build system is what was recently changed. The error goes away if I take the multiplication out of this line: CDEFS += -DALARM_SET_POINT_MAX=(15U*60U) so it just reads as : CDEFS += -DALARM_SET_POINT_MAX=15 That definition is not used, nor even included in anyway outside of the command line, in the file that is complaining about the '/' token. I can invoke the same error by adding parentheses around this line: CDEFS += -DSCRN_Y_BYTES=$(SCRN_HEIGHT)/8U to yield: CDEFS += -DSCRN_Y_BYTES=($(SCRN_HEIGHT)/8U) This is the compile command line, split on spaces due to its length to show it here, normally it would be one LONG line: J:\APPS/AVR_TC_344_1229/bin/avr-gcc -c -mmcu=atxmega128a1 -DSCRN_HEIGHT=32U -DSCRN_LENGTH=120U -DSCRN_LEFT=0U -DSCRN_TOP=0U -DSCRN_RIGHT=120U-1U -DSCRN_BOTTOM=32U-1U -DSCRN_X_BYTES=120U -DSCRN_Y_BYTES=32U/8U -DMODEL_NAME_TEXT=\"CompanyName\" -DLOGO_MODEL_NAME=\"Name\" -DLOGO_WIDTH=120U -DLOGO_HIGHT=21U -DLOGO_TEXT_POSITION_X=SCRN_LEFT+1U -DLOGO_TEXT_POSITION_Y=SCRN_TOP+20U -DLOGO_TEXT_FONT_SIZE=FONT_DINA_SIX_DOT -DPCB_REV_A=1U -DALARM_SET_POINT_MAX=15*1 -DMODEL_STR=\"Project\" -DFIRMWARE_NUMBER=0U -DFIRMWARE_REV_STR=\"v0.0.0\" -DFIRMWARE_REV_NUMBER_STR=\"000\" -DBACKLIGHT_BUTTON_TIME=10U [Many other -D's snipped] -IVersion/ [Many other -I's snipped] -I. -g -Os -funsigned-char -funsigned-bitfields -std=gnu99 -Wa,-adhlns=../Firmware_Project/Project/Object/Version/version.lst -DF_CPU=4000000UL -Datxmega128a1 -DNEW_BUILDNUMBER=911 -DNEW_BUILDNUMBER_TEXT=\"911\" -MMD -MP -MF ../Firmware_Project/Project/Dep/version.o.d Version/version.c -o ../Firmware_Project/Project/Object/Version/version.o _______________________________________________ AVR-GCC-list mailing list AVR-GCC-list@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-gcc-list