On 2010-11-15 09:11 -0700, Nicolas Bock wrote: > Hello list, > > I have some functions written in C that take a floating point argument, e.g. > > void foos (float x); > void food (double x); > > The function bodies are basically identical except of course for the > different floating point types. In order to avoid having to write > redundant code, I see 2 options: > > (1) I can use C++ and rewrite the function header as a template. > (2) I can define a macro for the preprocessor that is either defined > as "float" or "double" and then compile the function source twice, the > first time with $CC -DFLOAT=float and the second time with $CC > -DFLOAT=double. > > Is option (2) possible within automake without excessive hackery? Is > it advisable? Is there a third option that I might want to consider?
Option (2) can be done easily with libtool convenience libraries: simply use one convenience library for each set of CPPFLAGS, then link both into your final program or library. -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
