Building With Python

[santosh]

Hi All,

I am using dcmtk api's and python functions in my project, while building the project it gives a redefination error, as ssize_t is defined in two files i.e cfwin32.h and pyconfig.h

"error 2371: 'ssize_t' : redefinition; different basic types"

cfwin32.h defines it as follows

/* Define `ssize_t' to `long' if <sys/types.h> does not define. */
#define HAVE_NO_TYPEDEF_SSIZE_T 1
#ifdef HAVE_NO_TYPEDEF_SSIZE_T
//typedef long ssize_t;
#endif

and pyconfig.h defines it as follows

/* Define like size_t, omitting the "unsigned" */
#ifdef MS_WIN64
typedef __int64 ssize_t;
#else
typedef _W64 int ssize_t;
#endif
#define HAVE_SSIZE_T 1

how can i overcome this problem.
Thanks

[Marco Eichelberg]

I would suggest that you change the typedef in cfwin32.h to equal that in pyconfig.h. That should not cause problems in DCMTK (where ssize_t is only used as a return type for recv() and send()) and should solve your problem.