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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:30:48 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-rcm AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: gcc -dM -E -xc /dev/null & g++ -dM -E -xc /dev/null
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 07:22:28AM +0200, Alex Vinokur wrote:
>gcc -dM -E -xc /dev/null
>  and
>g++ -dM -E -xc /dev/null
>  produce the same output.
>
>Is this a feature or a bug?

It is not a bug.  Try it on linux.

>How can one know that g++ (not gcc) is invoked?

Isn't the __cplusplus define a feature of c++?  I'm too lazy to check if this
is a g++ extension but I'd be surprised if it was.

cgf

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