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| Date | 2013-05-30 01:05 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: Python #ifdef |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2361.1369839938.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:55 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 2013-05-29, Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And in case you still want a preprocessor for Python (you likely don't need >> one this time), here's an example of doing this using the venerable m4: >> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/red-black-tree-mod . Note the many comments >> added to keep line numbers consistent. > > I was wondering whether or not to mention m4. Since m4 is (in my > mind) inextricably linked to RATFOR and sendmail config files I try > to avoid thinking about it lest the flashbacks start again... 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. ChrisA
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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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