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Help => Graphics => Topic started by: keishimon on November 01, 2019, 06:19:55 am

Title: [SOLVED] Fail to Build with Error C2589 in Rect.inl
Post by: keishimon on November 01, 2019, 06:19:55 am

I fail to build my VS solution with compile error C2589 in Rect.inl.
Someone please guide me how to fix.

The only two error messages when I try to build are follows :
C:\SFML\SFML-2.5.1\include\SFML\Graphics\Rect.inl(81,19): error C2589: '(': illegal token on right side of '::'.
C:\SFML\SFML-2.5.1\include\SFML\Graphics\Rect.inl(114,21): error C2589: '(': illegal token on right side of '::'

I use Visual Vtudio 2019 Community Edition and SFML 2.5.1 static ver.
I have set up following this tutorial https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.5/start-vc.php and successfully compiled and ran the test code.

I include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>, declare using namespace sf; and use classes RenderWindow, VideoMode, Texture, Sprite, IntRect, Clock, Event, and Keyboard (I might overlook though).

Title: Re: Fail to Build with Error C2589 in Rect.inl
Post by: eXpl0it3r on November 01, 2019, 07:26:59 am

Did you include windows.h? If so, you need to first define NOMINMAX, so the header doesn't define min/max macros, destroying every usage of std::min/std::max.

Title: Re: [SOLVED] Fail to Build with Error C2589 in Rect.inl
Post by: keishimon on November 01, 2019, 09:20:55 am

Thank you!
As you mentioned #define NOMINMAX prior to windows.h fixed the compiler error :)