Thread: Can the precompiler process JUST the #define s?

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    Unhappy Can the precompiler process JUST the #define s?

    Is there any way to get the C precompiler to interpret JUST the #defines in a piece of source code and output a file? I don't want the various line # references and include file jazz. The man pages lead me to believe that the precompiler won't do this, and experiments have failed. Is there any way to do this? Some other utility that will do this? Am I forced to write code to handle this?

    ( I'm writing some code that will be going into Oracles proC precompiler, but it does NOT interpret my #defines prior to doing its thing. )

    e.g.

    I have a

    #define BORK bork,bork,bork

    main()
    {
    char bork = 'C';
    printf("bork %c;%c;%c",BORK):
    return(1);
    }


    I want the output to just be

    main()
    {
    char bork = 'C';
    printf("bork %c;%c;%c",bork,bork,bork):
    return(1);
    }


    Thanks in advance

    MT

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    I almost understand what you mean, Can you explain it a bit
    more chronologic?

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    Sorry, lots of frustrations leaking in to that.

    Say you run the preprocessor against the below source.

    #include <stdio.h>

    #define BORK 10

    main()
    {
    int a=BORK;
    printf("a %d",a);
    return(1);
    }

    cc -E f.c>file.c
    in 'file.c' you'll get something like
    # 1 "f.c"

    # 1 "/usr/include/stdio.h"
    # 6

    # 1 "/usr/include/sys/stdsyms.h"
    # 336

    blah blah blah

    main()
    {
    int a=10 ;
    printf("a %d",a);
    return(1);
    }

    What I want to happen is for just the #define to be processed and substituted throughout the code without all the line control info and include stuff.

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    Oke, I think i understand now. And no, I've never seen that
    anywhere. And i can hardly imagine why you need this?

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    When all else fails, read the instructions.
    If you're posting code, use code tags: [code] /* insert code here */ [/code]

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    with gcc you can use the -E flag

    gcc -E sourcefile.cc

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