Hacking Including Zlib Library Compilation Error

[BullyWiiPlaza]

I tried including the zlib compression library in pygecko.c with

#include <zlib.h>

(in order to compress data before sending) but oddly enough, it gives me the following compilation error:

D:\Consoles\WiiU\Applications\Browser\tcpgecko>make
pygecko.c
In file included from d:/Consoles/WiiU/Applications/Browser/tcpgecko/src/pygecko.c:5:0:
d:/Consoles/WiiU/Applications/Browser/tcpgecko/src/dynamic_libs/os_functions.h:65:41: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before '(' token
#define SECS_TO_TICKS(sec)              (((unsigned long long)(sec)) * (BUS_SPEED/4))
                                         ^
d:/Consoles/WiiU/Applications/Browser/tcpgecko/src/dynamic_libs/os_functions.h:67:41: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before '(' token
#define MICROSECS_TO_TICKS(usec)        (SECS_TO_TICKS(usec) / 1000000)
                                         ^
make[1]: *** [pygecko.o] Error 1
make: *** [build] Error 2

Why is that? The code in os_functions.h is correct and I don't think there are any name conflicts. Any help would be great since I have no clue why this even happens and it would be great to get working so I'm stuck wondering what to try.

Thank you!

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[NexoCube]

Please, avoid quoting people in your threads, they can easily see it in the Thread list

 

[Net-KILLER]

Please, avoid quoting people in your threads, they can easily see it in the Thread list

I think they would tell him if they don't like it.

 

[NexoCube]

I think they would tell him if they don't like it.

let me being rude

 

[Coto]

header guards are missing there or circular header dependency or preprocessor definition name (#define) conflicts against some C definition somewhere

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

header guards are missing there or circular header dependency or preprocessor definition name (#define) conflicts against some C definition somewhere

That is vague but somewhat helpful. Thanks for one on-point answer

Please, avoid quoting people in your threads, they can easily see it in the Thread list

No because they won't be notified. This way they probably see it and since usually nobody answers, this is what I do

 

[Coto]

Not vague, but to the point. You can google those for examples.

 

[QuarkTheAwesome]

An plausible test to narrow down the problem is to remove all references to os_functions.h (temporarily!) and see how the compiler responds.
I haven't really looked at the zlib header; I'd assuming it's leaving some fancy compiler thing turned on (extern C or something). Does the problem go away when you remove references to zlib.h?

 

[ARVI80]

Zlib is weird, check it's manual. I remember something about the directory location affecting builds. Gecko sees it as using wrong version if not located in a particular directory.