I'm getting the dereferencing pointer to incomplete type error when I try to run the following code. I've checked several other questions about this error and from what I can tell it's not due to a missing or extra struct keyword and I believe the pointer type is correct but I could be mistaken.
There might be other issues with the code as I'm just learning C, I'm happy to try and figure them out for myself I just can't seem to track down the issue with the incomplete type error.
Development/C/AI/test/src/test.c: In function ‘compare’:
Development/C/AI/test/src/test.c:10:19: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type ‘lrgraph_node {aka struct lrgraph_node}’
if ( strcmp(other->dataType, current->dataType == 0) ) {
test.c
#include "lrGraph.h"
#include <string.h>
int data = 1;
char *dataType = "int";
lrgraph_edge *connected[] = {};
unsigned numEdges = 0;
int compare( lrgraph_node *other, lrgraph_node *current ) {
if ( strcmp(other->dataType, current->dataType == 0) ) {
return (int)other->data - (int)current->data;
}
return -1;
}
int main() {
lrgraph_node *nodeA = lrgraph_createNode((void*)&data, dataType, &compare, connected, numEdges);
lrgraph_printVersion();
}
lrGraph.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "lrGraph.h"
struct lrgraph_edge {
float weight;
lrgraph_node *nodeA;
lrgraph_node *nodeB;
};
struct lrgraph_node {
//data can be of any type
void *data;
//string to see if this node can be compared to another node based on data type
char *dataType;
int numEdges;
//comparator function which compares another node to this node
int (*compare)(lrgraph_node *other, lrgraph_node *current);
//array of connected edges
lrgraph_edge *connected[];
};
void lrgraph_printVersion() {
fprintf(stdout, "\nlrgraph version 0.01b\n");
}
lrgraph_node* lrgraph_createNode(void *data, char *dataType, int (*compare)(lrgraph_node* other, lrgraph_node* current), lrgraph_edge *connected[], unsigned numEdges) {
//allocate enough memory for the struct plus each pointer in the array of edges - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32311269/can-we-have-a-struct-element-of-type-variable-length-array
lrgraph_node *node = malloc(sizeof(lrgraph_node) + numEdges * sizeof(lrgraph_edge));
if (NULL != node) {
node->data = data;
node->dataType = strdup(dataType);
node->compare = compare;
node->numEdges = numEdges;
//initialize each edge in the array
for( unsigned i=0; i < numEdges; i++) {
node->connected[i] = connected[i];
}
}
return node;
}
lrGraph.h
#ifndef LRGRAPH_H
#define LRGRAPH_H
typedef struct lrgraph_node lrgraph_node;
typedef struct lrgraph_edge lrgraph_edge;
lrgraph_node* lrgraph_createNode(void *data, char *dataType, int (*compare)(lrgraph_node *other, lrgraph_node *current), lrgraph_edge *connected[], unsigned numEdges);
void lrgraph_printVersion();
#endif /*LRGRAPH_H*/