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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Tron Thomas" <tron DOT thomas AT verizon DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <3E7A0A1F DOT 3010007 AT verizon DOT net>
Subject: Re: Invalid compiler error
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:23:00 -0000
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Tron Thomas wrote:
> I wrote a simple program to test an open source library I am planning to
> use in a development project.  I want the project to be supported on
> different compilers, including the GCC compiler included with Cygwin.  I
> have been able to successfully build my test application using the
> Micrsoft and Borland compilers.  When I try to build the program with
> the Cygwin compiler, I get a compiler error related to a header file I'm
> including from the library.
>
> Here is the error message I get:
>
> #if with no expression
>
> This is the line of code that is apparently causing the problem:
>
> #elif _WIN32
>
> I don't see why this should be causing a problem especially when the
> other compilers build without any problems.  I use -DWIN32 in the
> command line arguments I used when I build the application.

Hmm. Is #elif a valid directive for gcc? I don't know. You could always
rewrite like:

#if FOO

#else
#if BAR

#endif
#endif

Max.


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