[ft-devel] Fw: FreeType and MSVC problem

[Werner LEMBERG]

Here is the final word from a Microsoft developer w.r.t. argument
prescan in MSVC.


    Werner
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> RE: FreeType and MSVC problem
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> Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:32:15 -0700
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Werner LEMBERG [mailto:address@hidden
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> > [About incorrect argument prescan in MSVC's preprocessor for C which
> >  prevents correct compilation of FreeType's `otvalid' module.]
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> > > If you have further questions regarding this issue, Jason Shirk can
> > > help you out.
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> > Jason, I'm interested in the history of this bug, this is, when has it
> > been introduced, which bug number it has (in case this information is
> > publicly available), and whether there are plans to fix it, and
> > finally, which version of MSVC you expect that this bug is fixed.
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> Our preprocessor is ancient, some of the code is from 1977 or 1978.  I'm
> pretty sure this bug has been around that long.
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> We don't directly expose our bug database for every bug, but customer
> reported bugs can be tracked.  If you report this bug here:
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> http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/default.aspx
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> you can track it yourself.  We definitely won't be fixing this bug in
> Whidbey.  We would definitely like to fix it in a future release, but I
> can't commit to what release that might be.
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> > Apparently, the word `argument prescan' isn't used for this bug -- a
> > search on microsoft.com haven't had a single hit.  How do you call it?
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> I use the term 'rescan'.
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> Jason Shirk
> VC++ Compiler Team
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