Why do I receive compile time syntax errors when using MATLAB Compiler with the Builder products?

Why do I receive compile time syntax errors when using MATLAB Compiler with the Builder products?

When I try to compile the following segment of code:

function [out, stderr] = test(stdin)

disp('Hello World')

out = 1;

stderr = 'none';

using MATLAB Compiler as follows:

mcc -m test

I receive the following compile time error message:

 test.c 

 h:\Documents\work\test.h(27) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '&' 

 h:\Documents\work\test.h(27) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '&' 

 [snip]

 test.c(32) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '&' 

 test.c(32) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '&' 

 test.c(32) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before '&' 

 test.c(32) : error C2059: syntax error : '&' 

 [snip]

 test.c(96) : warning C4013: 'Mtest' undefined; assuming extern returning int 

 test.c(96) : warning C4047: '=' : 'mxArray *' differs in levels of indirection from 'int' 

 test.c(117) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '&' 

 test.c(117) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ')' before '&' 

 [snip]

   MBUILD.BAT: Error: Compile of 'test.c' failed. 

 ??? Error using ==> mbuild

 Unable to complete successfully

 ??? Error: An error occurred while shelling out to mbuild (error code = 1).

 Unable to build executable.

 Error in ==> \\Pc2unix\ARCHIVE\R13\fcs\perfect\toolbox\compiler\mcc.dll

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

These compile time errors are caused by the use of C/C++ keywords like stdin, stderr, etc. for variable names in your MATLAB code. To resolve this issue, you will need to rename these variable names to non-reserved keywords for C/C++ and MATLAB.