Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: C compilers with integrated preprocessors Message-ID: <1988Sep19.213313.13262@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <5438@techunix.BITNET> <13544@mimsy.UUCP> <779@proxftl.UUCP> <13604@mimsy.UUCP> <3999@bsu-cs.UUCP> <33440@cca.CCA.COM> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 88 21:33:13 GMT In article <3999@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: >It is agreed that a Real ANSI-conforming C compiler might not supply a >separate preprocessor pass, but who cares? Such a C compiler would be >an instant commercial failure. Not necessarily. For one thing, most people buy C compilers to compile C, not to serve as general-purpose macro processors. For another, it's quite possible to have an integrated preprocessor and still support the -P and -E options to get preprocessed output. (I've written the code for this, so please don't try to tell me it can't be done.) -- NASA is into artificial | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology stupidity. - Jerry Pournelle | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu