3B2 cpp #ifdef + #include

Karl Heuer karl at haddock.ISC.COM
Tue Apr 5 06:56:41 AEST 1988


In article <125 at iquery.UUCP> matt at iquery.UUCP (Matt Reedy) writes:
>'#include file' [without quotes or brokets] is valid Vax-C syntax ('file' is
>the name of a module in a standard text library).

Stupid of them.  There's no reason they couldn't use the same syntax as the
rest of the world (viz. #include <stdio.h>), and still have the "text library"
be part of the default search path.  Oh well, if they want to be ANSI, they'll
fix it.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint



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