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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!mpifr-bonn.mpg.de!specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de!mlelstv
  3. From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
  4. Subject: Re: wierd sas/c bug
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.190810.8071@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
  6. Sender: news@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: specklec
  8. Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
  9. References: <BzIw0y.n31@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <BzM6F7.E6K@unx.sas.com> <BzMGn8.370@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <Bznxuv.InB@unx.sas.com>
  10. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:08:10 GMT
  11. Lines: 17
  12.  
  13. In <Bznxuv.InB@unx.sas.com> walker@twix.unx.sas.com (Doug Walker) writes:
  14. >|> I know that #undef WHATEVER "test" isn't ANSI-compliant (the HP-compiler
  15. >|> complanes about it anyway) but some programs actually have that in
  16. >|> their code.
  17.  
  18. >What the heck does it mean?  This doesn't mean anything in K&R dialects
  19. >either, as far as I know.
  20.  
  21. In K&R the "test" (or anything behind an #undef or #endif or #else)
  22. is silently ignored.
  23.  
  24. Regards,
  25. -- 
  26. Michael van Elst
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