Internal Compiler Error mscl.cpp line 2701

[Darren Martz]

Compiler: msvc 7.1
AppType: console
OS: WinXP Pro

I now get this "Internal Compiler Error mscl.cpp line 2701" message when I
build a specific project and cannot figure out why.

It was compiling fine, then I changed a resource text value and it started
complaining. I changed the code but it didn't matter, it now continually
complains.

I performed a "clean" then "recompile" without any joy.

1) the code compiles just fine in release build but not debug????? what's up
with that?

2) the settings are identical except for optimizations and other debugger
related settings

3) the compiler always fails compiling the precompiled header (stdafx.cpp)

4) the compiler even fails compiling an empty stdafx.cpp and stdafx.h
file????

This really doesn't make sense. Anybody have any ideas?

[Darren Martz]

I should add that I am not using classes, templates, or namespaces in this
project.

The code is written entirely in "C" with some in "c" files and others in
"cpp" files.

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[Darren Martz]

I turned off the compiler option "Enable Minimal Rebuild" and it all worked
again????

This is really bizzare since a "clean" then "build" didn't make a
difference.

I guess its resolved, but I really have no clue why.

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[Arnaud Debaene]

Darren Martz wrote:
> I turned off the compiler option "Enable Minimal Rebuild" and it all
> worked again????
>
> This is really bizzare since a "clean" then "build" didn't make a
> difference.
>
> I guess its resolved, but I really have no clue why.

In such cases it is always a good idea to clean manually the build folder,
since some intermediary files are not erased by the "clean" function.

Arnaud
MVP - VC

[Darren Martz]

That was my thought too, so I did earlier but it made no difference.

It turns out that when I turned off the "enable minimal rebuild" feature on
the debug build settings... the problem went away.

Very bizzare.

I am unsure what triggered the internal compiler error, especially when I
was working on a resource embedded sql script at the time. What ever it was,
it drove me nutz for roughly 6 hours!!!

Thanks for the suggestion :)

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[Darren Martz]

Spoke too soon... its back again???

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