Is it only ANSI C that allow #if to compare symbols?

[Richard Minner]

In article <14900 at smoke.brl.mil> gwyn at smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>	...
>	#if TEST == VAL_A
>	...
>	#elif TEST == VAL_B
>	...
>	#fi

#fi ?  Sorry Doug, X3J11 considered it but decided it wasn't necessary.
(Hey, someone had to point it out or we'd end up with posts saying
"my compiler is supposed to be ANSI compatible but it doesn't support
`#fi'.  Isn't that part of ANSI-C?")

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