Re: Compiler error with g_string{_append}_printf

["Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 cornell edu>]

David wrote:

> I've come across something that has me baffled - it may be obvious, but
> I've fooled with this and can't see what's wrong..
>
> I get an error stating "void value not ignored as it ought to be" in the
> g_string_append_printf line.  From what I could gather on Google, this
> usually happens when a void value (usually returned from a function) is
> passed as a parameter to a function. In fact, in this case, they are ALL
> constant string pointers.
>  
[snip]

>    msg = g_string_append_printf (msg, "  -- G09Dis V %s --\n\n%s\n%s", "2.0",
>                       "  A graphical front-end to \"os9disasm\"\n",
>                       "  This version is strictly BETA!!!");
>  
there's the problem.  g_string_append_printf() doesn't return anything.  
it takes a GString as the first argument, and appends your 
format+arguments to it.  that's it.  the "msg =" is unnecessary, and 
that's what's causing the error.

   -brian