Re: Windows port (unistd.h)

[Bruce Lilly]

Vincent Caron wrote:
> Hello,
>
> since there's no such <unistd.h> on my hostile planet :), I have to use 
> the YY_NO_UNISTD_H feature. However I'm not sure where this macro should 
> be defined in my case. My current solution is to add this blurb to the 
> first section of scan.l :
>
> #ifdef _WIN32
> #define YY_NO_UNISTD_H
> #endif
>
> Not satisfying IMHO since users will have to copy this in every .l file 
> to get a working scanner under Windows. What should I do ?

Please DO NOT use _WIN32 as the sole macro for #ifdef/#ifndef.
There exist POSIX-compliant implementations (e.g. UWIN) for
which the MS compiler still defines _WIN32.  POSIX-compliant
systems necessarily always have <unistd.h>.