Larry Jones wrote: > I've found at least one otherwise-c89 compiler that > keeps the old preprocessor behavior in its default mode.
Which compiler is this, on which system? Please don't hide your knowledge. > Since it's so > easy to avoid the problem, it seems worthwile to do so. It's not "so easy" to support K&R C preprocessors. We have thousands of macros in GNU packages. It's most certainly easier to support this compiler by putting it into full ANSI C mode or by using the gcc-1.42 preprocessor if that isn't possible. Bruno