Date: Tue, 09 May 95 16:49:01 -0700 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@netcom.com> To: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien@leonardo.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: This one looks very very suspecious to me.... Message-ID: <199505092349.QAA26870@netcom14.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 May 95 16:21:05 PDT." <199505092321.QAA00215@caern.protocorp.com>
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> One problem with #ifdef as opposed to commenting something out > is that the current version of GCC seems to (try to) parse character > constants inside #ifdef blocks. Use of apostrophes inside #ifdef > comment blocks caused me fits while trying to port the Rand editor, > for example. Previous versions of the compiler didn't care. This is more of a problem with the Rand editor than anything else. I've never seen worse abuse of cpp than in the Rand editor (not counting Obfuscated C contest entrants). Not sure if the -traditional flag may have helped. If you did a successful port, I'd *really* really like a copy of ported e19 sources. Thanks! -- another [g]rand editor enthusiast
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