The clock_t * and time(time_t*) in <ctime> clashed?

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my code:
…
time_t gpuendtime = time(NULL);
clock_t *time;
…
It’s OK.

but if I transpose the two sentences :
…
clock_t time;
time_t gpuendtime = time(NULL);
…
the compiler tell me :
clock.cu(124): error: expression must have (pointer-to-) function type
Why?
The clock_t * and time(time_t) in clashed?

2

Apparently so. Are you including time.h? (I don’t think time() is declared in ctime.h) If so, just name your variable something other than ‘time’

3

Oh ,yeah. I got it !

my variable name should’t be the same to the function name.What a shame!

Thank you.