From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fd63afa4dc364b7e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-26 21:41:30 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!dvdeug From: dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu (David Starner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Implementing C/C++ style #include... Date: 27 Mar 2001 03:29:59 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <99p1fn$7hu1@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <98m938$2iod0$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> <99alrr$itf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <99d5dj$fi4$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <99nuii$8q61@news.cis.okstate.edu> <87u24gmamb.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e531b.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.3 (Linux) Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:6100 Date: 2001-03-27T03:29:59+00:00 List-Id: On 27 Mar 2001 00:25:00 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >IMHO, that's the strongest argument against a preprocessor. If you >don't use a preprocessor, you can be sure that your code compiles in >all configurations (if it works is another question, of course). If you use seperate packages for different configurations, you can't be sure that the code compiles. Often, the point is that the code doesn't compile (on MIPS/on Apex/with GNAT 3.72), and that different code needs to be used there. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg