Parasoft C/C++ Test error: expected an identifier extern "C" {

JesseZ

When I tried to run unit test for a simple main program in C++:

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  std::cout << "hello world" << std::endl;

  return 0;
}

it occurred the following problem:

C++test analysis errors in /Demo_aCpp
    1. Test execution: error preparing instrumentation / symbols data for file.
"/usr/include/sys/features.h", line 25: error: expected an identifier
  extern "C" {
         ^

"/usr/include/sys/features.h", line 25: error: expected a ";"
  extern "C" {
             ^

"/usr/include/sys/reent.h", line 9: error: expected an identifier
  extern "C" {
         ^

"/usr/include/sys/reent.h", line 9: error: expected a ";"
  extern "C" {
             ^
...
Error limit reached.
100 errors detected in the compilation of "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\ParaSoft.1840.28297.c".
Compilation terminated.

Any hint on this? Thanks in advance

JesseZ

The origin source file is ending in .cpp, but the temp file that autogenerated by the Parasoft C/C++ Test is ending in .c. So the actually compiled file was the temp file, and the compiler is C-compiler, C-compiler cannot understand extern "C", then the error occurred. Is this right?

JesseZ

The initial problem is this :

C++test analysis errors in /BugDetectiveCpp
    1. Test execution: error preparing instrumentation / symbols data for file.
In file included from D:\Applications\Cygwin32\home\Parasoft\9.4\engine\etc\safestubs\safe_stubs_win32.c:7:0:
/home/Parasoft/9.4/engine/runtime/include/cpptest.h:16:12: fatal error: exception: No such file or directory
 #  include <exception>
            ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Error preprocessing file "D:\Applications\Cygwin32\home\Parasoft\9.4\engine\etc\safestubs\safe_stubs_win32.c": 
Process exited with code: 1

I fixed this by including absolute path.