Re: #ifdec

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From: Andreas Schwab
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:00

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Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb@juno.com> writes:

|> I think Gcc should include the compiler directive #ifdec, to test whether
|> or not a given symbol has been declared.  I've noticed that many people
|> have problems with multiple declarations, and IMHO this would be an
|> appropriate solution.

No.  The preprocessor knows nothing about declarations.  It's a similar
reason as why you can't use sizeof in preprocessor expressions.
-- 
Andreas Schwab                                      "And now for something
schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de              completely different"

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