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Article #2037Re: [HELP] TOOL FOR REMOVING TOO MANY #ifdef's
From: Larry Weiss
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:52
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:52
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Dan Pop wrote: > > In <4g16vd$mp0@solutions.solon.com> acs@aracnet.com (ACS) writes: > >Could anyone point me to a tool that does > > "SELECTIVELY PREPROCESS THE SOURCE WITHOUT SUBSTITUTING MACROS" > The name of the tool is the C preprocessor. Remove the definitions of > the macros and they won't be substituted. Dan, where does one find this C preprocessor in general? Especially one that's nice enough to produce a text file output? The Standard certainly doesn't mandate that an implementation provide that sort of tool. Isn't the concept of a preprocessor separate from the C compiler archaic? The so-called C preprocessor is just a compilation phase if I'm reading the Standard correctly (ISO subclause 5.1.1.2).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!solon.com!not-for-mail From: Larry Weiss <lfw@oc.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c.moderated Subject: Re: [HELP] TOOL FOR REMOVING TOO MANY #ifdef's Date: 16 Feb 1996 09:52:21 -0600 Organization: OpenConnect Systems, Dallas, TX, USA Sender: clc@solutions.solon.com Approved: clc@solutions.solon.com Message-ID: <4g297l$qt8@solutions.solon.com> References: <4g16vd$mp0@solutions.solon.com> <4g27h7$q64@solutions.solon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: solutions.solon.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I)