On 11/20/2013 12:56 AM, Sieghard wrote: > _No_ language can make certain that a preprocessor cannot be used. It can make use of the preprocessor syntax itself (e.g. requiring a # at the start of a line for some purpose)
> _No_ language should depend on the use of a preprocessor. Right. > You got a funny gcc. Mine doesn't do any preprocessing itself, it > needs to call an external program (named "cpp") for that purpose. > Where does your gcc come from? Maybe I was fooled by my memory. I seem to remember that I once tried to call cpp as a stand alone preprocessor and failed, but succeeding when calling gcc with appropriate parameters. maybe I just have been silly... >> There are only very few things to be given: > Well, what you write only asks for one single thing: "C". I suppose for C this is documented somewhere. Did you find a documentation for some Pascal dialect that contradicts the assumption that it should work that way ? Of course the origin of the preprocessor is the needs of C programmers, but as Martin will not be writing a new preprocessor, there is no way but using same (if somebody might be in need for this). > The C preprocessor has developed into a gargantuan monster never > conceived to do what is was made to do. It is a perfect example on how an algorithm that can be defined in just a few lines can be used to do very complex stuff. > Pascal - especially the more modern dialects - doesn't need most of > the features of cpp. Right you are. > Nonetheless can it be of use sometimes to have some source file > processed to create the really compilable code. I can imagine a lot of other stuff. E.G. Martin does not want to implement "Generics". In ANSI C I do that what Generics are made for, by means of #define macros. Not nice, but doable. -Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
