error: 'prog_char' does not name a type

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C:\Users\Greg\Documents\Arduino\libraries\GSMSHIELD\HWSerial.cpp:57:9: error: 'prog_char' does not name a type

const prog_char *p = (const prog_char *)ifsh;

What is it you have to do to pi$$ this compile error off!

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Perhaps make sure that the type "prog_char" is really defined?

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As you can see in this link, prog_char is an old, deprecated type.

The correct type is PGM_P, which replaces const prog_char*.

Try replacing that line with:

PGM_P p = (PGM_P)ifsh;
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giova014:
As you can see in this link, prog_char is an old, deprecated type.

The correct type is PGM_P, which replaces const prog_char*.

Try replacing that line with:

PGM_P p = (PGM_P)ifsh;

Thanks mate!

Don't like much the way this library is setup! It would be so much simpler if you just passed in a pointer to the serial connection you wanted to use with the shield.

That seems to be the way most other libraries for serial shields work.