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Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux

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On 7/23/2011 12:20 PM, lewbloch wrote:
> On Jul 23, 8:19 am, Arne Vajhøj<a...@vajhoej.dk>  wrote:
>> On 7/23/2011 9:19 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>> On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:35:00 -0700, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>
>>>> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:43:10 -0400, Arne Vajhøj<a...@vajhoej.dk>    wrote:
>>
>>>>> On 6/27/2011 4:12 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:04:11 -0400, Joshua Cranmer
>>>>>> <Pidgeo...@verizon.invalid>     wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> On 06/26/2011 11:42 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>>>>>>>          Think simple version of the C preprocessor.
>>
>>>>>>> Then why not use the C preprocessor?
>>
>>>>>>         I could not find one that would run standalone on my system.
>>
>>>>> Almost all C compiler has a way to do only preprocessing.
>>
>>>>> GCC, MS, DEC/CPQ/HP etc. has.
>>
>>>>        I did not want a C compiler.  I simply wanted a preprocessor.
>>
>>> The last C compilers I remember that had separate preprocessors were K&R,
>>> so were very old. In these, cc was effectively a shell that invoked the
>>> preprocessor, the C -->    assembler translator, the assembler and the
>>> linker in turn. Actually, I'm still using one - the standard OS/9 v2.4 C
>>> compiler, which dates from 1992 and runs on 68xxx hardware.
>>
>>> I don't remember any ANSI C compilers I've used being structured this
>>> way: certainly I've not seen any version of the GNU compiler or its
>>> derivatives that aren't a monolithic chunk that includes all compilation
>>> stages except the linker. AFAICR this also applied to the Borland
>>> compilers.
>>
>>> So, if that's really what you want, go and find a old K&R compiler or its
>>> source.
>>
>> GCC still has a separate executable for preprocessing!
>>
>> The driver gcc or g++ calls cpp, cc1 or cc1plus, as and ld.
>
> <http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.6.1/gcc/Preprocessor-
> Options.html#Preprocessor-Options>
> "If you use the -E option, nothing is done except preprocessing. Some
> of these options make sense only together with -E because they cause
> the preprocessor output to be unsuitable for actual compilation."
>
> Ain't the FM (of "RTFM") a marvel? Amazing what one can learn by
> reading the documentation!

Is is great reading the FM.

In this case the FM (at least not in what you quote) does not cover
the topic of discussion - whether it is a monolithic executable
or a series of executables.

Arne

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Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-21 20:43 -0400
  Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-07-22 12:35 -0700
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-22 13:09 -0700
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 13:35 -0700
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-22 16:53 -0400
    Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-07-23 13:19 +0000
      Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 11:19 -0400
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 09:20 -0700
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 13:33 -0400
            Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 11:43 -0700
              Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 12:14 -0700
                Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 19:19 -0400
              Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 19:12 -0400
        Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-07-23 17:24 +0000
          Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-07-23 19:22 -0400
            Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method, Redux Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-07-24 10:02 +0000

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