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From: bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews)
Newsgroups: net.sources
Subject: Re: ifdef filter
Message-ID: <924@cyb-eng.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-Jul-86 14:56:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 18 14:56:59 1986
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Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, TX
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> It often happens that software packages are set up to run on so many
> configurations that it is hard to read the code because of all the ifdefs.
> I would like a filter for C programs that does something like the
> following:
> [...deleted specification...]
> That is, filter out everything that is not going to be expanded by cpp while
> retaining the ifdefs that are going to be expanded, just for comment value.
> Ideally the output, when compiled, would produce exactly the same results as the
> original.  Does anyone have anything like this?

Me, too.  I keep planning to write it and never seem to find the time.
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bc				Bill Crews @ NetCor Data International

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