How do I fix this c++ expected expression error?

Question

I am making something in c++, it doesn't have any errors visible in Visual Studio code, but when I use g++ to be able to execute it, I get this error:

In file included from Main.cpp:6: In file included from ./Filechange/Filechange.hpp:1: ./Filechange/Filechange.cpp:14:24: error: expected expression
    std::thread first ([&wtime,&f,&fn]() mutable {
                       ^ Main.cpp:16:33: error: expected expression
        OnFilechange("FileEvent", 0.5, [](char* txt){
                                       ^ 2 errors generated.

These are the files: Main.cpp:

#include <lua.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
#include <thread>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "Filechange/Filechange.hpp"

void wait(int seconds)
{
    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(seconds));
}

int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
    lua_State *State = luaL_newstate();
    OnFilechange("FileEvent", 0.5, [](char* txt){
        std::cout << txt << std::endl;
    });
    lua_close(State);
    return 0;
}

Filechange.cpp:

#include <thread>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <chrono>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

char* StringToChar(std::string str){
    char* Array = new char[str.length() + 1];
    strcpy(Array,str.c_str());
    return Array;
}
void OnFilechange(const char *f, float wtime, void (*fn)(char* txt)){
    std::thread first ([&wtime,&f,&fn]() mutable {
        std::ifstream file(f);
        std::string str;
        std::string filecontents;
        while (std::getline(file,str)){
            filecontents += str;
            filecontents.push_back('\n');
        }
        char* LastContents = StringToChar(filecontents);
        char* CurrentContents = StringToChar(filecontents);
        while (true){
            if (wtime != 0){
                std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(int(wtime*1000)));
            }
            filecontents = "";
            while (std::getline(file,str)){
                filecontents += str;
                filecontents.push_back('\n');
            }
            CurrentContents = StringToChar(filecontents);
            if (strcmp(LastContents, CurrentContents) != 0){
                LastContents = StringToChar(filecontents);
                fn(StringToChar(filecontents));
            }
        }
    });
}

Filechange.hpp:

#include "Filechange.cpp"

#ifndef FILECHANGE_HPP 
#define FILECHANGE_HPP 

#include <thread>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <chrono>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

void OnFilechange(const char *f,float wtime,void (*fn)(char txt)); 
#endif

There's also a extension less file named FileEvent which will change in the runtime using other code files. The Filechange.cpp and Filechange.hpp are in a folder named "Filechange"

Answer 1

This function:

void OnFilechange(const char *f, float wtime, void (*fn)(char* txt))

expects a function pointer, and a lambda in g++ is not implemented as a function pointer. Instead, you should declare the function to take a std::function , as in:

void OnFilechange(const char *f, float wtime, std::function<void(char *)> fn)

You may also need #include <functional> to get the declaration of std::function .

Answer 2

use -std=c++17 in g++ if possible as g++ defaulted to c++98