[MacPorts] #50913: VLC @2.2.2: error: expected identifier or '('

[Ryan Schmidt]

> On Mar 21, 2016, at 9:09 AM, Dr M J Carter <majoc at astro.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 01:39:31PM +0000, MacPorts wrote:
> 
>> Can you check in vlc_mist_picture.i.10-10 if you do have a definition for
>> _Static_assert.
> 
> {{{
> /* locale.h */
> # 243 "../include/vlc_fixups.h"
> #define _Static_assert(x,s) ((void) sizeof (struct { unsigned a[(x) ? 1 : -1];}))
> #define static_assert _Static_assert
> }}}
> 
>> Or rather, simply try to build after placing the 10.11
>> definition for static_assert (from /usr/include/assert.h) above its first
>> use in picture.c ?
> 
> I doubt that'd work: 10.11 #defines static_assert() in terms of
> _Static_assert(), which I can't find #defined anywhere.  A builtin?
> 
> .... That's all for now.  Back to the day job.

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