[I am not an expert bug reporter, my apologies if this is a known bug or incomplete]
1. Description of problem. Consider test file: #define INC_X11(aaa) <X11/##aaa##> #include INC_X11(Xlib.h) int main() { return 0; } When compiled with gcc -E tst.C, output (some 4300 lines) dumped to stdout looks fine. However, attempts to redirect output to file with gcc -E tst.C > tst.E or writing it to file gcc -E -o tst.E tst.C fail with tst.C:3:1: error: pasting "/" and "Xlib" does not give a valid preprocessing token tst.C:3:1: error: pasting "h" and ">" does not give a valid preprocessing token Similarly, the compilation of the file, i.e., gcc -o tst tst.C also fails with the same error. 2. NOTE: gcc-2.95.3 works fine, both for redirection and actual compilation ------------ 3. System information gcc taken from Fedora Core 4, updated with yum to 4.0.1, gcc -v says: ===================================================================== Using built-in specs. Target: i386-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,java,f95,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5) ----------------- Intel Pentium4 (620) system, Fedore Core 4 linux, updated with yum to current as of Sep 27 2005, 6pm EST, uname -a says: ======================================= Linux karman.physics.purdue.edu 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 26 20:57:13 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux -- Summary: macro - problem with ## Product: gcc Version: 4.0.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: preprocessor AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: molnard at phys dot columbia dot edu CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC host triplet: i386-redhat-linux GCC target triplet: i386-redhat-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24098