[HELP] TOOL FOR REMOVING TOO MANY #ifdef's

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From: ACS
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 06:07

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Hi,

I was given a huge "PORTABLE" C/C++ source code that's supposed to 
compile under DOS, Unix, Windows, etc.  I am currently adding some 
features while porting the source set to Windows95.  Of course I 
am having quite a bit of problems.

The task of adding new features and building a new Win95 port is 
IMMENSELY exacerbated because the source set has a huge number 
of #ifdef's for various OS/Version/features builds.
And frankly, I have no idea at all what some of these #ifdef's mean 
(Ex. #ifdef _PRACTICAL).

What I would like to do is "SELECTIVELY PREPROCESS THE SOURCE 
WITHOUT SUBSTITUTING MACROS". This way I figure I could reduce 
the size of the source set by 50%, and make it more intellible. 
I tried GNU CPP, but I could not find a way "NOT TO SUBSTITUTE MACROS".

Could anyone point me to a tool that does
   "SELECTIVELY PREPROCESS THE SOURCE WITHOUT SUBSTITUTING MACROS"

Thanks, Adrian

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