PRB: C2061 Error Generated When DEBUG_NEW Used in Application

 Last reviewed: July 10, 1997
Article ID: Q95198
7.00 | 1.00 1.50 1.51 1.52 | 1.00 2.00 2.10 
MS-DOS | WINDOWS             | WINDOWS NT
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The information in this article applies to:

  • The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) included with: 

        - Microsoft C/C++ version 7.0
    - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.5, 1.51, and 1.52
    - Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, versions 1.0, 2.0, and 2.1

SYMPTOMS

An attempt to compile an application that changes the definition of the "new" operator to DEBUG_NEW fails and the compiler generates the following message: 

   error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'p'

CAUSE

The statement "#define new DEBUG_NEW" precedes an IMPLEMENT_SERIAL or an IMPLEMENT_DYNACREATE macro call.

RESOLUTION

Modify the source code to place the DEBUG_NEW definition after all statements that call the IMPLEMENT_SERIAL or IMPLEMENT_DYNCREATE macros. For more information, see Chapter 15 of the Microsoft Visual C++ "Class Library User's Guide."

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior has changed for Visual C++ version 4.0. However, if you build an application that makes use of DEBUG_NEW with Visual C++ 4.0, and then attempt to build that application in Visual C++ version 2.x, you will need to move the #define DEBUG_NEW as discussed above.

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Last reviewed: July 10, 1997
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