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    copied!<p>This is header file for my binary tree. I have a class called TreeNode and of course BinaryTree class have a pointer to its root.</p> <p>And I got following Three errors</p> <pre><code>error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*' error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int </code></pre> <p>And Code for BinaryTree header file </p> <pre><code>#pragma once #include &lt;fstream&gt; #include &lt;iostream&gt; #include "Node.h" using namespace std; class BinaryTreeStorage { private: TreeNode* root; public: //Constructor BinaryTreeStorage(void); //Gang Of Three ~BinaryTreeStorage(void); BinaryTreeStorage(const BinaryTreeStorage &amp; newBinaryTreeStorage); BinaryTreeStorage&amp; operator=(const BinaryTreeStorage &amp; rhs); //Reading and writing ofstream&amp; write(ofstream&amp; fout); ifstream&amp; read(ifstream&amp; fin); }; //Streaming ofstream&amp; operator&lt;&lt;(ofstream&amp; fout, const BinaryTreeStorage&amp; rhs); ifstream&amp; operator&gt;&gt;(ifstream&amp; fin, const BinaryTreeStorage&amp; rhs); </code></pre> <p>error appears to be at line 11</p> <pre><code> TreeNode* root; </code></pre> <p>I have spent few days trying to get rid of this error and completely devastated.</p> <p>Is this error about wrong namespace ? Or maybe TreeNode class not declared right?</p> <p>And just in case code for TreeNode header file</p> <pre><code>#pragma once #include &lt;string&gt; #include "BinaryTreeStorage.h" using namespace std; class TreeNode { private: string name; TreeNode* left; TreeNode* right; public: //Constructor TreeNode(void); TreeNode(string data); //Gang of Three ~TreeNode(void); TreeNode(const TreeNode* copyTreeNode); //Reading and writing ofstream&amp; write(ofstream&amp; fout); //Add TreeNode void addTreeNode(string data); //Copy tree void copy(TreeNode* root); }; </code></pre> <p>Thank you in advance.</p>
 

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