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Re: Python #ifdef

From Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Python #ifdef
Date 2013-06-02 20:23 -0400
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <roy-A8EB61.20231402062013@news.panix.com> (permalink)
References <BLU176-W12FAFEA3C7AFD687855E04D7970@phx.gbl> <mailman.2336.1369790616.3114.python-list@python.org> <ko54sm$c5b$2@reader1.panix.com> <mailman.2361.1369839938.3114.python-list@python.org> <n4mdnZkIOrRTRjbMnZ2dnUVZ5gOdnZ2d@giganews.com>

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In article <n4mdnZkIOrRTRjbMnZ2dnUVZ5gOdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
 Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> wrote:

> On 05/29/2013 08:05 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > It's not a bad tool. I used it as a sort of PHP preprocessor, because
> > requirements at work had me wanting to have a source file defining a
> > PHP class and having an autogenerated section in the middle of that
> > class. PHP's 'include' directive doesn't work for that. Of course, had
> > we been using a better language, that wouldn't have been an issue (and
> > it stopped being an issue when we improved the design and stopped
> > using that class system, too, though I retained the makefile
> > directives about building .php.m4 -> .php files). But still, GNU M4 is
> > a decent piece of technology.
> 
> Agreed.  The terror that most people feel when hearing "m4" is because 
> m4 was associated with sendmail

Arrrrggghhh.  You had to go and dredge up those bad memories?  I hadn't 
thought about sendmail config files in years.  I'll probably never be 
able to get to sleep tonight.

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Re: Python #ifdef Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-05-28 18:23 -0700
  Re: Python #ifdef Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-29 14:55 +0000
    Re: Python #ifdef Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-30 01:05 +1000
      Re: Python #ifdef Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-05-29 15:25 +0000
      Re: Python #ifdef Erik Max Francis <max@alcyone.com> - 2013-06-02 16:57 -0700
        Re: Python #ifdef Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-02 20:23 -0400
        Re: Python #ifdef Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2013-06-02 19:29 -0500
        Re: Python #ifdef Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-03 12:05 +1000

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