XCode (Help with error messages) First - Using the word "new" as a variable

I am having problems compiling some code in Xcode 1.5 and was hoping somebody might help. I guess I'll start with my first problem and then ask about the other one later.

I'm trying to compile someone else's code and uses the word "new" as a variable and keeps coming up as an error. Problem is, the source code is huge and it's really not practical to change the name.

Is there any way to have Xcode ignore this type of error?

Thanks

Code example:
short new;

Error Message:
error: parse error before `new'

On the lines before there isn't a ; missing after another variable is declared is there?

Are you using Objective-C or Java? I know 'new' is a reserved word in Java, I would assume similar for Objective-C.

I thought that variable would be in quotes, like short "new"? maybe Im wrong.

You can not use new as a variable name in java, c, c++ or pretty much any language...it is a reserved word

Sorry, forgot to say that it is C I'm programming in and it's not missing any colons. But to be more specific, the code I'm compiling is part of Csound if any you are familiar with the software synthesis program. So it's code that I should be able to compile without changing anything which is why I figured it might be some sort of compiler flag that I need to set to tell it to ignore the error.

Thanks,
Nick

nickypaul said:

Sorry, forgot to say that it is C I'm programming in and it's not missing any colons. But to be more specific, the code I'm compiling is part of Csound if any you are familiar with the software synthesis program. So it's code that I should be able to compile without changing anything which is why I figured it might be some sort of compiler flag that I need to set to tell it to ignore the error.

Thanks,
Nick

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I'd bite the bullet and rename all occurances of it.

IIRC you can use compiler flags to ignore warnings and maybe some ANSI errors but it is usually more hassle than it is worth as some errors if ignored will result un runtime errors which will be a pain in the posterior to debug.

How good are your Perl skills?

Amen-Moses

Can you be more precise in the app you are trying to build? If we knew exactly what you ar looking at perhaps that would help. Is there a readme or build text file in the root directory? How about a make file?

If the source was designed for Mac and in a compilable state (according to the author) then you should not do a global search and replace. This would most likley screw up the app.