Re: lynx-dev Re: Borland #if (was: lynx2.8.3dev.6)

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 01:24:45AM +0200, Gisle Vanem wrote: 
> > On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Webmaster Jim wrote: 
> > :Changing line 16 from a #if to a #ifdef allowed the compile to work, but 
> > :is the wrong fix, as several have pointed out. However, I don't know 
> > :what the correct fix is for the "Expression syntax", nor if it is there 
> > :or in the included "HTParse.h" that is conditional. 
> > :#if WIN_EX 
> > :#include <HTParse.h> 
> > :#endif 
> > This is quite obvious; Somewhere in the makefile change '-dWIN_EX' 
> > to '-dWIN_EX=1' 
>  
> All of the other references to WIN_EX that I can find in the source 
> are one of: 
>  
> #if defined(WIN_EX) 
> #ifdef WIN_EX 
>  
> I'm back to my original position that line 16 should be #ifdef not #if. 
> That would stay consistent with Hiroyuki's style. 

I wasn't disagreeing (since Lynx's overall style is the latter).  But this
issue came up with a different program (which uses the "#if WIN_EX" style),
so I wanted more information.

-- since it's nonstandard, and it's been quite a while since I came across
   a compiler with that particular defect...

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
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