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Subject: | Re: gcc 2.95.3-1 and -mwin32 |
Date: | Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:00:07 +1100 |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com> To: <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 1:58 PM Subject: Re: gcc 2.95.3-1 and -mwin32 > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 01:05:34PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >> w32api/windef.h > >> > >> #ifndef WIN32 > >> #define WIN32 > >> #endif > >> #ifndef _WIN32 > >> #define _WIN32 > >> #endif > >> > >> Comments? > > > >I don't think the software being ported should ever define WIN32 itself. > >It'd be like defining glibc_version (or whatever that value is called) > >yourself. > > > >Setting it for gcc is one thing, and quite appropriate. As far as w32api > >goes, I haven't investigated and thus won't comment.. > > Including /usr/include/w32api and not allowing the header files to define > WIN32 constants would be equivalent to not including /usr/include/w32api > at all. The users would get confusing error messages. > > Microsoft's windows headers seem to define WIN32 constants in a number of > places. I don't see anything wrong with this practice. > > cgf > I don't see anything wrong with w32api defining WIN32 either - I was arguing against changing the current practice. Probably worded badly though.. Rob
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