Re: Predefined Macros

[Brooks Moses <brooks dot moses at codesourcery dot com>]

FX Coudert wrote:
> Le 13 avr. 07 à 20:01, Brooks Moses a écrit :
> > Steve Kargl wrote:
> > > #define __GFORTRAN__  20070411
> > > or #define __GFORTRAN__ 1
> > > #define __GFORTRAN_MAJOR__ 4
> > > #define __GFORTRAN_MINOR__ 3
> > I think I prefer the latter; the relevant distinctions between the  
> > variants of 4.3 (especially the released versions) are likely to be  
> > less important than the distinctions between the various branches  
> > that would have the same compilation date.
>
> So do I. __GFORTRAN__ is nice. But I think having MAJOR and MINOR  
> version macros is redundant with __GNUC__, __GNUC_MINOR__ and  
> __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__. And redundant information is bad!

Right, of course.  I entirely forgot that just because one might check 
for using GNU Fortran with a __GFORTRAN__ macro, that one could still 
use the existing GNUC macros to find the version.  Yes, I certainly 
agree that there's no point in duplicating them!

- Brooks