I'm have problem compiling a code. ardutest.ino: #include "mylib.h" #include <SD.h> void setup() { } void loop() { fn(); } mylib.h: #ifndef mylib_h #define mylib_h #include "Arduino.h" void fn(File &_file); #endif mylib.c: #include "mylib.h" void fn(File &_file) { _file = SD.open("LOG.TXT", FILE_WRITE); _file.println(42); _file.close(); } When checking code in Arduino IDE I have this error: In file included from sketch/mylib.c:1:0: mylib.h:7: error: expected ')' before '&' token void fn(File &_file); ^ mylib.c:3: error: expected ')' before '&' token void fn(File &_file) ^ Multiple libraries were found for "SD.h" Used: /home/mario/Arduino/libraries/SD Not used: /home/mario/Programs/arduino/libraries/SD exit status 1 expected ')' before '&' token But if I put SD.h in mylib.h (other files are the same): #ifndef mylib_h #define mylib_h #include "Arduino.h" #include <SD.h> void fn(File &_file); #endif I have this error: In file included from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h:26:0, from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:29, from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:20, from sketch/mylib.h:5, from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:423:14: error: unknown type name 'pin_map_t' static const pin_map_t digitalPinMap[] = { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:447:69: error: 'pin_map_t' undeclared here (not in a function) static const uint8_t digitalPinCount = sizeof(digitalPinMap)/sizeof(pin_map_t); ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h: In function 'getPinMode': /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:455:32: error: request for member 'ddr' in something not a structure or union return (*digitalPinMap[pin].ddr >> digitalPinMap[pin].bit) & 1; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:455:58: error: request for member 'bit' in something not a structure or union return (*digitalPinMap[pin].ddr >> digitalPinMap[pin].bit) & 1; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h: In function 'setPinMode': /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:464:26: error: request for member 'ddr' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].ddr |= 1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:464:57: error: request for member 'bit' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].ddr |= 1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:466:26: error: request for member 'ddr' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].ddr &= ~(1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit); ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:466:59: error: request for member 'bit' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].ddr &= ~(1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit); ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h: In function 'fastDigitalRead': /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:475:32: error: request for member 'pin' in something not a structure or union return (*digitalPinMap[pin].pin >> digitalPinMap[pin].bit) & 1; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:475:58: error: request for member 'bit' in something not a structure or union return (*digitalPinMap[pin].pin >> digitalPinMap[pin].bit) & 1; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h: In function 'fastDigitalWrite': /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:484:26: error: request for member 'port' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].port |= 1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:484:58: error: request for member 'bit' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].port |= 1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:486:26: error: request for member 'port' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].port &= ~(1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit); ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2PinMap.h:486:60: error: request for member 'bit' in something not a structure or union *digitalPinMap[pin].port &= ~(1 << digitalPinMap[pin].bit); ^ In file included from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:29:0, from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:20, from sketch/mylib.h:5, Multiple libraries were found for "SD.h" Used: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD Not used: /home/user/Programs/arduino/libraries/SD from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h: At top level: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h:70:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const SD_CHIP_SELECT_PIN = SS; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h:79:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const SPI_MOSI_PIN = MOSI; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h:81:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const SPI_MISO_PIN = MISO; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h:83:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const SPI_SCK_PIN = SCK; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h:176:1: error: unknown type name 'class' class Sd2Card { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/Sd2Card.h:176:15: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '{' token class Sd2Card { ^ In file included from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:30:0, from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:20, from sketch/mylib.h:5, from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/FatStructs.h:405:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const DIR_ATT_FILE_TYPE_MASK = (DIR_ATT_VOLUME_ID | DIR_ATT_DIRECTORY); ^ In file included from /home/user/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.6.21/cores/arduino/Print.h:27:0, from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:31, from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:20, from sketch/mylib.h:5, from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.6.21/cores/arduino/Printable.h:25:1: error: unknown type name 'class' class Print; ^ /home/user/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.6.21/cores/arduino/Printable.h:33:1: error: unknown type name 'class' class Printable ^ /home/user/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.6.21/cores/arduino/Printable.h:34:1: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '{' token { ^ In file included from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:31:0, from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:20, from sketch/mylib.h:5, from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.6.21/cores/arduino/Print.h:37:1: error: unknown type name 'class' class Print ^ /home/user/.arduino15/packages/arduino/hardware/avr/1.6.21/cores/arduino/Print.h:38:1: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '{' token { ^ In file included from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:20:0, from sketch/mylib.h:5, from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:39:1: error: unknown type name 'class' class SdVolume; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:55:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const O_RDONLY = O_READ; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:59:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const O_WRONLY = O_WRITE; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:61:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const O_RDWR = (O_READ | O_WRITE); ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:63:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const O_ACCMODE = (O_READ | O_WRITE); ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:94:1: error: initializer element is not constant uint8_t const FAT_FILE_TYPE_MIN_DIR = FAT_FILE_TYPE_ROOT16; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:137:1: error: unknown type name 'class' class SdFile : public Print { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:137:14: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before ':' token class SdFile : public Print { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:431:1: error: unknown type name 'class' class SdVolume { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFat.h:431:16: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '{' token class SdVolume { ^ In file included from /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:21:0, from sketch/mylib.h:5, from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h: In function 'FreeRam': /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h:43:7: error: 'reinterpret_cast' undeclared (first use in this function) if (reinterpret_cast<int>(__brkval) == 0) { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h:43:7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h:43:24: error: expected expression before 'int' if (reinterpret_cast<int>(__brkval) == 0) { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h:45:36: error: expected expression before 'int' free_memory = reinterpret_cast<int>(&free_memory) ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h:49:36: error: expected expression before 'int' free_memory = reinterpret_cast<int>(&free_memory) ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h: In function 'SerialPrint_P': /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h:62:52: error: 'Serial' undeclared (first use in this function) for (uint8_t c; (c = pgm_read_byte(str)); str++) Serial.write(c); ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h: In function 'SerialPrintln_P': /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/utility/SdFatUtil.h:72:3: error: 'Serial' undeclared (first use in this function) Serial.println(); ^ In file included from sketch/mylib.h:5:0, from sketch/mylib.c:1: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h: At top level: /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:26:1: error: unknown type name 'namespace' namespace SDLib { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:26:17: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '{' token namespace SDLib { ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:119:1: error: unknown type name 'using' using namespace SDLib; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:119:17: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'SDLib' using namespace SDLib; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:123:14: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before ':' token typedef SDLib::File SDFile; ^ /home/user/Arduino/libraries/SD/src/SD.h:124:14: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before ':' token typedef SDLib::SDClass SDFileSystemClass; ^ In file included from sketch/mylib.c:1:0: mylib.h:7: error: expected ')' before '&' token void fn(File &_file); ^ mylib.c:3: error: expected ')' before '&' token void fn(File &_file) ^ exit status 1 expected ')' before '&' token If I use SD.h function in mylib, I need this in mylib.h file. Why is it happens? The first error is about passing object as function argument. I'm following sample I found in others forum, then I don't know why it isn't working.