'min' was not declared in this scope

[blurfl]

A trivial sketch raises a compile error "'min' was not declared in this scope".
I don't know enough to dig further, but one clue might be that commenting out the line:

include "FileSystem.h"

in Arduino.h allows the trivial sketch to compile.

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Arduino: 1.6.5 (Mac OS X), Board: "Generic ESP8266 Module, 80 MHz, 115200, 512K (64K SPIFFS)"

junk.ino: In function 'void setup()':
junk:3: error: 'min' was not declared in this scope
junk.ino:3:16: note: suggested alternative:
In file included from /Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/tools/xtensa-lx106-elf/xtensa-lx106-elf/include/c++/4.8.2/memory:62:0,
from /Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/cores/esp8266/FileSystem.h:24,
from /Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/cores/esp8266/Arduino.h:214,
from junk.ino:1:
/Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/tools/xtensa-lx106-elf/xtensa-lx106-elf/include/c++/4.8.2/bits/stl_algobase.h:239:5: note: 'std::min'
min(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp)
^
junk:4: error: 'max' was not declared in this scope
junk.ino:4:16: note: suggested alternative:
In file included from /Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/tools/xtensa-lx106-elf/xtensa-lx106-elf/include/c++/4.8.2/memory:62:0,
from /Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/cores/esp8266/FileSystem.h:24,
from /Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/cores/esp8266/Arduino.h:214,
from junk.ino:1:
/Users/username/Desktop/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/tools/xtensa-lx106-elf/xtensa-lx106-elf/include/c++/4.8.2/bits/stl_algobase.h:260:5: note: 'std::max'
max(const _Tp& __a, const _Tp& __b, _Compare __comp)
^
'min' was not declared in this scope

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[code]
// junk.ino
void setup() {
int x = min(3,4);
int y = max(3,4);
}
void loop() {
}
[/code]

[blurfl]

The most recent commit, 'fix tools path', seems to have fixed this, so closing....

[blurfl]

It appears I didn't test enough; the issue still occurs :(

[redflag2k]

I just download 1.6.5 via http://arduino.esp8266.com/staging/package_esp8266com_index.json .

I have same issue and same error message with blurfl.

This error is not occurred when I use 1.64 version.

How can I fix it?

Thanks in advance.

[ghost]

Id fixed this while adding

#define min(a,b) ((a)<(b)?(a):(b))

to my sketch.

[NickWaterton]

Min/max seems broken again in latest git version as of today.

[Links2004]

min and max are not working in all cases since the define can brake normal c++ features like std::vector they are disabled in some cases.
you can try _min and _max they are allways defined and not brake c++

https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/master/cores/esp8266/Arduino.h#L251-L258

[peteroid]

Same issue of "'min' was not found in this scope". Just install the ver 2.2.0

[janfiess]

Same here with 1.6.9.
However only if the sketch contains other libraries for the ESP8266 (ESP8266WiFi.h, WiFiUdp.h, OSCMessage.h).
Is there a solution?

[colonialT]

Had the same issue, min() worked before adding the following libraries:

#include <ESP8266WiFi.h> #include <WiFiUdp.h> #include <OSCMessage.h> #include <OSCData.h>

I replaced min() with _min() which compiled and worked with a simple print sketch I used to test it.