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Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:54:00 -0000
From: Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.co.uk>
To: Stephen Lindholm <lindholm@CS.Stanford.EDU>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Change in preprocessor behavior
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Stephen Lindholm wrote:-

> Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> Using this example from the cpp info page:
> 
> #define COMMAND(NAME)  { #NAME, NAME ## _command }
>       
> struct command commands[] =
> {
>   COMMAND (quit),
>   COMMAND (help),
> };
> 
> I get this as expected on an old version of cpp (2.95.3):
> 
> Xenon > cpp test2
> # 1 "test2"
> 
>       
> struct command commands[] =
> {
>   { "quit",  quit_command } ,
>   { "help",  help_command } ,
> };
> 
> and this on a new version of cpp (3.1):
> 
> thrush:~% cpp test2
> # 1 "test2"
> 
>       
> struct command commands[] =
> {
>   { #quit, quit ## _command },
>   { #help, help ## _command },
> };
 
I can't reproduce this.  In fact, I don't believe you're using GCC 3.1,
since the output would be more like that below (note the <built-in>
etc.).

FWIW I am confident there are no bugs in # and ## handling in GCC 3.1
and later.

Neil.
 

$ cpp --version
cpp (GCC) 3.1.1 20020721 (prerelease)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.

$ cpp /tmp/bug.c
# 1 "/tmp/bug.c"
# 1 "<built-in>"
# 1 "<command line>"
# 1 "/tmp/bug.c"


struct command commands[] =
{
  { "quit", quit_command },
  { "help", help_command },
};
$