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From: lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c++,net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: C++ preprocessor wanted
Message-ID: <1117@druhi.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Oct-86 11:54:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: druhi.1117
Posted: Thu Oct  9 11:54:48 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Oct-86 03:46:25 EDT
References: <2939@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> <429@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Information System Labs, Denver, Co
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Keywords: Atari C-source
Summary: a small clarification
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In article <429@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>, brinsmead@calgary.UUCP (Mark Brinsmead) writes:
> In article <2939@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU>, ix181@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (John Ogawa) writes:
> > I am an avid C++ fan who is about to get an Atari 1040ST and a C
> > package. My question is: is there any way to get a C++ package for
> > the 1040? Alternately, is there any C source code for CC that I can
> > get my hands on? 
> 
>    I am afraid this is unlikely. All C++ compilers I am aware of
> (i.e. AT&T's) are actually fancy preprocessors that spit out rather
> wild looking C. If CC is to work on an atari, your ATARI C compiler
> must (and i mean MUST) be able to cope with *ARBITRARILY* long 
> identifiers.
> 
>    I am not aware of any C compiler for the atari ST that will suffice,
> (my own Lattice C compiler nmormally uses only the first 8 characters,
> and will in any event, use at most 32 characters of an identifier. 
> This is probably not enough for C++. )
> 
>                               M. Brinsmead @ Univewrsity of Calgary.

If your compiler is capable of handling 32 character variable names, you should 
normally not have any problems with using C++.  There may be isolated cases
where problems would occur, but the names that the C++ compiler generates are
usually unique in the first 32 characters.  Of course, it would be nice if one
of the C vendors for the ST would provide a true flexname capability.  It really 
isn't very difficult to do!

Barry Locklear
AT&T Information Systems Labs
Denver, CO 80234
(303) 538-4954
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