CPP macro expansion

[lrtaylor@micron.com]

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> > I need to obtain a preprocessed C source output, the source
> > code that will go to the gcc compiler proper, with all the macro
> > functions expanded as declared with its multi line
> > formatting/indentation
> > and not as usual single long line. I need to check my final code
before
> > the full compilation.
> > 
> > Does anyone know how can I do ?
> > Does the GNU CPP permit this ?

> No.

Not so.  Pass the -E option to gcc (or g++).  This will cause it to
output the preprocessed source code:

gcc -E file.c

Cheers,
Lyle