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An error that is generated during the compilation phase, often due to problems with invalid syntax and/or types. Compare to [runtime-error].

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The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference

I am trying to run some unit tests in a C# Windows Forms application (Visual Studio 2005) and I get the following error: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Utility, ...
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Why can I pass 1 as a short, but not the int variable i?

Why does the first and second Write work but not the last? Is there a way I can allow all 3 of them and detect if it was 1, (int)1 or i passed in? And really why is one allowed but the last? The ...
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Why does the C# compiler not fault code where a static method calls an instance method?

The following code has a static method, Foo(), calling an instance method, Bar(): public sealed class Example { int count; public static void Foo( dynamic x ) { Bar(x); } ...
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GCC compile error with >2 GB of code

I have a huge number of functions totaling around 2.8 GB of object code (unfortunately there's no way around, scientific computing ...) When I try to link them, I get (expected) relocation ...
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Why does gcc allow arguments to be passed to a function defined to be with no arguments?

I don't get why does this code compile? #include <stdio.h> void foo() { printf("Hello\n"); } int main() { const char *str = "bar"; foo(str); return 0; } gcc doesn't even ...
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Xcode - configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

rebuilding a mac from scratch. Installed xcode and rvm then trying to install rubies but they are all giving me: Error running ' ./configure --prefix=/Users/durrantm/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125 ...
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Why does the C# compiler allow an explicit cast between IEnumerable<T> and TAlmostAnything?

The following code gives you a compiler error, as you'd expect: List<Banana> aBunchOfBananas = new List<Banana>(); Banana justOneBanana = (Banana)aBunchOfBananas; However, when using ...
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How can Eclipse create a class with unresolved compilation problems?

When I try to compile this class with javac, I get a compilation error and Test.class is not created. public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { int x = 1L; // <- ...
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Named arguments and generic type inference in C# 4.0

I had been programming under the assumption that, when calling a method in C# 4.0, supplying names for your arguments would not affect the outcome unless in doing so you were "skipping" one or more ...
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Resolve circular dependencies in c++

I often find myself in a situation where I am facing multiple compilation/linker errors in a C++ project due to some bad design decisions (made by someone else :) ) which lead to circular dependencies ...
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XCode 4.1 fatal error: stdlib modified since the precompiled header was built

Building an iPhone app, using: XCode 4.1 Base SDK iOS 4.3 Apple LLVM Compiler 2.1 I have started getting the following error: fatal error: file ...
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Anonymous method in Invoke call

Having a bit of trouble with the syntax where we want to call a delegate anonymously within a Control.Invoke. We have tried a number of different approaches, all to no avail. For example: ...
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Recommended gcc warning options for C

Other than -Wall what other warnings have people found useful? http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.3.2/gcc/Warning-Options.html
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List<int> test = {1, 2, 3} - is it a feature or a bug?

As you know, it is not allowed to use the Array-initialisation syntax with Lists. It will give a compile-time error. Example: List<int> test = { 1, 2, 3} // At compilation the following error ...
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Why is an assignment to a base class valid, but an assignment to a derived class a compilation error?

This was an interview question. Consider the following: struct A {}; struct B : A {}; A a; B b; a = b; b = a; Why does b = a; throw an error, while a = b; is perfectly fine?

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