Parse errors are thosue caught by MudOS when it is 'compiling'
your room/object/weapon/whatever it is that you made.

Below are the common parse errors and how to solve them.

Thanks to Snoop for the log of errors to use :)


The next few errors are all generic parse errors, and can have
Many differant causes, here are the most common.


1  inherit ROOM;
2
3  void setup()
4  {
5     set_brief("workroom");
6     set_long("Zifnab's workroom")
7  }

ERROR: 

     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:7  
     ## parse error
     ## }
     ## ^

CAUSE:

     missing ; on line 6

FIX:
  
     add the missing ; on line 6

 

1  inherit ROOM;
2
3  void setup()
4  {
5      set_brief("workroom");
6      set_long("Zifnab's workroom")
7      set_exits( ([ "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
8  }


ERROR:

     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:7
     ## parse error
     ## set_exits( ([ "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
     ## ^

CAUSE:

    missing ; on line 6

FIX: 

    add the missing ; on line 6



1    inherit ROOM;
2
3    void setup()
4    {
5        set_brief("workroom");
6        set_long("Zifnab's workroom");
7        set_exits( ([ "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );

ERROR:

     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:8
     ## parse error

CAUSE:

     Notice the line number for this error, it is line 8, one line more 
     than is actually in our file.
     
     This is caused by a missing }

FIX: 
  
     Add the closing } after line 7



  1  inherit ROOM;
  2
  3  void setup()
  4  {
  5      set_brief("workroom");
  6      set_long("Zifnab's workroom");
  7      set_exits( ([ "adv" , "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
  8  }

ERROR:
 
     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:7
     ## parse error
     ##     set_exits( ([ "adv" , "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
     ## ^

CAUSE:

    This error is caused by a , in the exit string instead of a :

FIX:

    Change the , in line 7 to a :


The above 3 examples are all very generic, the only message you get
is 'parse error'.  Most errors of this nature are due to left off 
brackets, ", commas, ; etc.

Lets move on to some more specific types of errors.


1  inherit ROOM;
2
3  void setup()
4  {
5      set_brief("workroom");
6      set_long("Zifnab's workroom");
7      set_exits( ([ "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv ]) );
8  }

ERROR:

     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:9
     ## End of file in string at the end of the file

     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:9
     ## parse error at the end of the file

CAUSE:
  
     You will notice that we actually received 2 error messages on this one
     both for the same line.  This error message seems a little cryptic
     however, what it is saying is that you started a string with ", 
     and no closing " was found and the end of the file was reached.

FIX:

     Find the string that is missing the closing ".  In this case it is 
     line 7 that is missing a " on the end of the path for the exit.



1  inherit ROOM;
2
3  void setup()
4  {
5      set_brief("workroom");
6      set_long("Zifnab's workroom);
7      set_exits( ([ "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
8  }


ERROR:

     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:7   
     ## parse error
     ##     set_exits( ([ "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
     ## ^
     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:9
     ## End of file in string at the end of the file

CAUSE:

     We again received 2 error messages, though this time its slightly 
     differant, the cause is the same, somewhere there is a string in 
     the file that does not have a terminating ".

FIX: 
  
     Add a " on line 6 after workroom



1  inherit ROOM;
2
3  setup()
4  {
5      set_brief("workroom");
6      set_long("Zifnab's workroom");
7      set_exits( ([ "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
8  }

ERROR:

     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:3
     ## "#pragma strict_types" requires type of function
     ##  setup()
     ## ^

CAUSE:

     Functions require a return type to be specified.

FIX: 

    void setup() on line 3 (add void), this tells the driver that 
    you will not be returning anything.



1  inherit ROOM;
2
3  void setup()
4  {
5      set_brief("workroom");
6      set_long("Zifnab's workroom");
7      set exits( ([  "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
8  }

ERROR:
 
     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:7
     ## Undefined variable 'set'
     ## set exits( ([  "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
     ## ^
     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:7
     ## parse error
     ## set exits( ([  "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
     ## ^

CAUSE: 
   
     The driver thinks you have tried to use a variable before defining
     that variable.  Notice the space between set and exits.

FIX:

     Add the missing _ between set and exits.


The following code doesn't make any sense, and you wouldn't do this
but it serves to show the error


1  inherit ROOM;
2
3  void setup()
4  {
5      string str = "zifnab";
6      set_brief("workroom");
7      set_long("Zifnab's workroom");
8      set_exits( ([  "adv" : "/domains/city/advguild/adv" ]) );
9
10
11      filter_array( bodies(), (: $1->query_userid() == str :) );
12  }

ERROR:
 
     ## ------- /wiz/zifnab/workroom.c:11
     ## Illegal to use local variable in functional.
     ## filter_array( bodies(), (: $1->query_userid() == str :) );
     ##                                                        ^

CAUSE:

     Using a local defined variable inside of a function pointer
     in this case str is defined on line 5, and used in the function
     pointer on line 11

FIX:

    change line 11 to use $(str) instead of str in the function pointer