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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: structured entry of #if preprocessor commands
Message-ID: <15156@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 11 Feb 91 08:23:27 GMT
References: <1991Feb10.063915.5476@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1991Feb10.063915.5476@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umsmigie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jason Smigiel) writes:
>Is it common practice not to structure preprocessor commands in ANSI C?

You mean, not to indent them.  The answer is, yes.

>So it seems completely valid to me, I just wanted to know if this was a smart
>thing to do or am I entirely insane?

Many existing (pre-ANSI) C preprocessors are not tolerant of white space
before the #.