Here's a reduction of a problem I had compiling v8: #include <ctype.h> #include "wspiapi.h" char array[5]; __wspiapi_countof_helper(array);
The reduction isn't realistic but the problem is real. On one hand, ctype.h uses _N and it is within its "rights" to do so as ctype.h is part of the standard library. The statement that uses _N initially is "#define _N 04", so _N enters the global space of defined macros. On the other hand the template __wspiapi_countof_helper uses _N as the name of one of its parameters. This usage is in the domain of strings that can be interpreted as references to macros by the preprocessor, so the _N gets interpreted by the post-preprocessor phases as 04, causing some distress. So... the win32 headers are free to use leading-underscore-capital-letter symbols or no? Anyway, how can this be addressed? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
