Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!rutgers!gatech!prism!gs26 From: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: The C preprocessor Message-ID: <17503@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 24 Nov 90 04:06:08 GMT References: <1990Nov21.172300.26912@cs.umn.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: Dead Poets Society Lines: 25 lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) writes: > schales@photon.tamu.edu (Douglas Lee Schales) writes: >>Is there any way to get the C preprocessor in AIX 3.0 to allow the following >>/**/######### >>it ignores the comments and tries to process the #'s as a directive. >Aha, sounds like you've ported X11R4 imake. I had this problem too. >I'm not sure of the solution..... I wonder how IBM did it .... ? Go look. The sources for IBM's Imake are buried in /usr/lpp/X11 with the development package.... There is also a directive you can give the compiler to make it use /lib/cpp instead of the built-in preprocessor wired into xlc. "Use the force -- Read the Source" old Unix adage, still valid for this third generation apprentice guru e-mail me for more hints.... -- Glenn R. Stone gs26@prism.gatech.edu