Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 14:49:48 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: Irritating cpp feature Message-ID: <199806090449.OAA21118@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <19980607190517.23293@follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Sun, 07 Jun 1998 19:05:17 %2B0200" References: <19980607190517.23293@follo.net>
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On Sunday, 7th June 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: >On Sun, Jun 07, 1998 at 11:07:07AM -0400, Gregory D Moncreaff wrote: >> you can put anything you want in an #if 0/#endif block. >> by definition, the preprocessor deletes such before the compiler >> (which is the only thing that checks code syntax) >> even sees it > >This is a common misconception. Your statement is completely false. Change "completely" to "currently" for maximum accuracy. ;-) The K&R cpp was a simpler beast and those of us from the pre-ANSI days were pretty pissed off with the damage done to the preprocessor by the ANSI committee. Well, at least I was. Another guy was so moved by the matter he gave a "You scumbags!" talk at an Australian UNIX Users' Group conference. Of course, nobody paid any attention, and the world has not yet fallen into chaos and barbarism... >Now, can we all cut this discussion at this point? Thanks. Ahh, but it's so much fun to poke the C Standards Committee in the eye. :-) Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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