Vscode-cpptools: cannot open source file "stddef.h" (dependency of "stdio.h")

[sivamukesh]

[sivamukesh]

how to solve the issue faced while compiling a c code

[sean-mcmanus]

@sivamukesh Yeah, do you have a compilerPath set? Can you provide your c_cpp_properties.json?

[femvc]

I have this error, too, c_cpp_properties.json like this

{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/glibc/**"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"intelliSenseMode": "msvc-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
}

[bobbrow]

@femvc which compiler are you using? Based on what I see here, the extension is probably unable to find your compiler and related system headers. Can you try setting the compilerPath property (you might need to change intelliSenseMode to gcc-x64 if you're using MinGW)?

[penut85420]

@bobbrow i've change to gcc-x64, but still have the same problem
btw i'm using mingw

hey i find this file at "..\MinGW\lib\gcc\mingw32\6.3.0\include",
and i successfully eliminated this warning
this is what my setting look like:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG",
                "UNICODE",
                "_UNICODE"
            ],
            "includePath": [
                "C:\\MinGW\\include",
                "C:\\MinGW\\lib\\gcc\\mingw32\\6.3.0\\include"
            ],
            "intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

[bobbrow]

I don't recommend setting the system include path manually. I recommend setting compilerPath so that the extension can ask the compiler what the system include path is. For example:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Win32",
            "defines": [
                "_DEBUG"
            ],
            "includePath": [
                "${workspaceFolder}/glibc/**"
            ],
            "compilerPath": "C:/MinGW/bin/gcc.exe"
            "intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64"
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

[penut85420]

Wow thank u! I didn't notice this parameter.

[bobbrow]

I'm closing old issues marked "more info needed". If you are still having issues with the extension, please ensure you have installed the latest version and open a new issue with the issue details.

If you are having trouble getting system includes to resolve, please remove any system include paths from includePath and set the compilerPath property in c_cpp_properties.json instead.

[Zulqarnain-cc34]

thank you