[Pyrex] incomplete type

[Bryan Weingarten]

Greg Ewing wrote:

>>cdef extern from "c_header.h":
>>    ctypedef void foo_t
>>    foo_t * get_foo()
>>
>>is declaring foo_t to be of type void the right thing to do?
>>    
>>
>
>You might get away with it, but you'd be throwing away potentially
>valuable type checking. Better to use
>
>  cdef extern from "c_header.h":
>    ctypedef struct foo_t:
>      pass
>
>Then Pyrex can check that you're using the type foo_t consistently,
>instead of leaving it to the C compiler.
>
>
>  
>

when i added

cdef extern from "c_header.h":
    ctypedef struct foo_t:
        pass


i get a this error:

Syntax error in C variable declariation

the error points to beginning of "pass".  i made sure my spaces are all 
correct.


bryan