"warning: preprocessor directive not recognised within macro arg" (fwd)

[Zack Weinberg]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 01:24:50AM +0000, Mo McKinlay wrote:
> 
> # No, there are not.  I sympathize with your problem, but there are
> # _serious_ implementation difficulties, and we have too many extensions
> # already (this code is illegal C).  Please see
> # http://gcc.gnu.org/fom_serv/cache/29.html .
> 
> Okay, that's fine with me - I was asking out of curiosity more than
> anything, as I've never written (and don't intend to write) code that
> utilitises preprocessor directives within macro expansions. Interestingly,
> it's the first time I've encountered this particular error - and from such
> a repuatble source as Sun no less! Shame on them! :-)

Ha, ha... You haven't worked with Solaris much, have you?  :)

[insert the FAQ about C++ and the X11 headers Sun ships here].

zw