how do i debug error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment?

Question

I\'m compiling a .c program using gcc compiler on linux,

But , i received the error shown as \"error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment\"

The er

Answer 1

Your code is nonsensical. Try

saddr_size = (int)(*data2.ssize);

But ... why is saddr_size declared int? Try

socklen_t saddr_size;
...
saddr_size = *data2.ssize;

I also wonder why ssize is a pointer, rather that the size itself.