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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: gcc needs a curly bracket matching/counting function
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> I think I would find it easier to write a pre-processor than try and 
> source, build and interface to someone else's.

Seriously??

> But if the OP is using gcc, they can get preprocessed output out of it 
> using gcc -E, and play around with that.
>
> That wouldn't be a satisfactory solution for me as it would need to be 
> self-contained, and more efficient. If I run gcc -E on this 2-line program:
>
> #include <windows.h>
> int main(void) {MessageBox(0,"There","Hi",0);}
>
> I get 82,000 lines of preprocessed output.

And how many lines of output would you expect to get from your own
preprocessor?  If you don't get 82,000 lines, you're probably doing
something wrong.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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