Error: unknown type name when using IAR with VisualGDB

[LS]

Hello!

I’m using the IAR ARM compiler for STM32 with VisualGDB. The original IAR project was imported into a new VisualGDB project.

However, some keyword macro’s are not recognized by Clang IntelliSense, such as __no_init or __root. This means that the code gives multiple “Error: unknown type name” errors which is not correct, because it will be recognized by the IAR compiler.

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Is there any way to include or ignore this keyword macro?

• This topic was modified 1 year ago by LS.
• This topic was modified 1 year ago by LS.
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[support]

Hi,

Sure, VisualGDB provides a special mechanism for fine-tuning that behavior:

1. It defines a __SYSPROGS_CODESENSE__ macro on the IntelliSense level. The macro is not defined during build, so all code enclosed in #ifdef __SYSPROGS_CODESENSE__ will only affect IntelliSense.
2. It forcibly includes %VISUALGDB_DIR%\gcc_compat.h file when using IntelliSense. The file contains various empty definitions for various macros that would otherwise cause errors.

You can eliminate the errors you mentioned by adding the following lines in gcc_compat.h (inside #ifdef __IAR_SYSTEMS_ICC__):

#define __no_init
#define __root

It will only affect IntelliSense and will not interfere with the build.

 

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