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I'm using mthreads (https://github.com/jlamothe/mthread) for my arduino. But now as the project is getting bigger, it would make sense to break it up in several files.

I successfully outsourced already a part which is not threaded. But somehow I cannot make up my mind how to use mthread in conjunction with several header files.

here is what I got:

main: call header:

#include "tcan.h"

tcan.h:

#ifndef tcan_h
#define tcan_h

#include "Arduino.h"

class tcan : public Thread {
  public: tcan();
  protected: bool loop();
  private:
};
#endif

tcan.cpp

#include "Arduino.h"
#include "tcan.h"
#include <mcp_can.h>

bool tcan::loop() {
  // lala
  return true;
}

but I get an error when compiling:

tcan.h:6:28: error: expected class-name before '{' token class tcan : public Thread {

Thanks in advance

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  • Check for circular #includes... The error can be caused by including Arduino.h twice. Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 7:46

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The compiler error is due to that the compiler does not know what Thread is.

tcan.h:6:28: error: expected class-name before '{' token class tcan : public Thread {

The issue is that the header file is not complete. A good practice is to include all header files that are needed to read the header file. As Thread is defined in mthread.h the tcan.h file should be: 

#ifndef tcan_h
#define tcan_h

#include <mthread.h>

class tcan : public Thread {
public: tcan();
protected: bool loop();
private:
};
#endif

Cheers!

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  • that was the right hint "Assuming that Thread is defined in mcp_can.h". Of course I need to include "<mthread.h>". Thanks for the hint! It's working now. Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 8:53
  • Great! I will update the answer with the correct include. Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 9:14

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