PROS gyroscope in class

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1

I have a class that will contain all the information for the gyroscope, it is simplified below.


//gyro.h
class Gyroscope {
private:
  int port;
  Gyro gyroscope
public:
  void init()
  //all the other functions related to the gyro
};
extern Gyroscope gyro;

//_gyro.cpp
void Gyroscope::init(){
  port = 1;
  gyroscope = gyroInit(port, 0);
};
Gyroscope gyro;

//init.cpp
gyro.init();

Gyro does not name a type inside the class however it works fine when not initialized in the class. If I can fix this how would I go about doing so?

EDIT: code block formatting

2

What’s the error? Make sure that you are including all the needed header files (namely


main.h

) and all that. I’m doing something similar in my code, which may be of some use to you

3

All the correct header files were included (in this case


api.h

.)
The error was:


'Gyro' does not name a type

However for whatever reason restarting atom fixed it so problem solved?

EDIT: code formatting (I am very bad at this)

4

The linter may have stopped displaying the error, but that doesn’t mean it has been fixed necessarily-- the only way to know for sure would be to compile and test on a robot.

That being said, the code itself looks fine to me.

(PS: can I ask why you are using


init

instead of a constructor?)

5

I already checked and it does work on a robot. The reason I am not using a constructor function is because I simplified the code in this example. In the actual code I am using one.

6

Glad to hear it- it must have just been a hiccup with the linter.

Ah, that explains it then :slight_smile: