Re: ANSI C spec and GNU C preprocessing

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From: Sean Eric Fagan
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 07:38

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In article <1992Apr9.213900.26576@urbana.mcd.mot.com> qbarnes@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Quentin Barnes) writes:
>I have a few questions about the ANSI C spec (X3.159-1989 section
>3.8) and how an ANSI C preprocessor should behave. 

The ANSI C spec does not differentiate between a preprocessor and a
compiler.  To put it another way, there is no guarantee that you can expect
to have anything happen if you use them other than as a whole.  Since you
seem to be wanting to use cccp only, you cannot expect ANSI C to help you in
any way, shape, or form, except, possibly, as a guide to how cccp might (or
might not) work.

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