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Re: Feature request - a macro defined for GCC
x z wrote:
> I think an important point was missed in the discussion. Some seem
> to focus on the dishonest definition of __GNUC__ by non-GNU C
> compilers. That was not my point. My point is that if __GNUC__ is
> defined by CPP, not the GNU C compiler proper, (and this seems to be
> supported by the CPP Manual,) and any (non-GNU) C compiler can use
> CPP, then those non-GNU C compilers would "inadverdently" define
> __GNUC__ and lead people to believe that they are GNU C.
Does any non-GNU C compiler use GNU CPP? No.
> That is why I think the GNU C compiler should define a macro
> independently from CPP. Or, alternatively, __GNUC__ should be
> defined by the GCC compiler proper, not CPP.
And how can any part of the compiler other than the preprocessor
define a macro? Macros do not exist outside the preprocessor.
Andrew.