wont compile unless VirtualWire Library called

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I normally call VirtualWire up for my projects, but don't need it this time.

I have written a simple sketch and use Shifttout to send to shift registers.

If I don't call up VirtualWire library, I get this error .

error: too many arguments to function 'void shiftOut(uint8_t)'
showtime:39: error: at this point in file.

I have recently switched to v15 so is there a newer verson of shiftout I must use ?

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'shiftOut()' should take four parameters, not one as the error states.

I'm using V1.6.5, and this compiles fine with no libraries included:-

shiftOut(3, 4, LSBFIRST, 24);

If I try:-

shiftOut(24);

as your error claims it should be done, I get a "too few arguments" error.

So I don't know what's going wrong with your code.

Can you show the code?

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Thanks Steve,
I missed your reply as the notify doesnt seem to work any more ?

My shiftout is in the form:-
shiftOut ( dataPin, clockPin, LSBFIRST, greendisp ); }
but the strange thing is that I have tried deleting
#include <VirtualWire.h>
and now it compiles !
It saves a bit of ram, but what I was worried about was that VW uses interrupts and clocks and has 3 defaultpins, and I didnt know if that was interfering.
I have no idea why it needed VW to compile before !