compiling on windows and linux

Question

I am new to c, and I have some been given some source code that someone else has written that was compiled on windows.

After trying to make in compile on linux I have e

Answer 1

typedef would be better in this instance because #define is just a generic mechanism but typedef is for defining types which is what you are doing.

I would say put your code:

#ifdef WIN32
/* windows stuff */
#else
typedef unsigned long DWORD;
typedef unsigned short WORD;
typedef unsigned int UNINT32;
#endif

into a new header file (with #define guards/#pragma once), then include that from the header or source files as necessary.