28.03.2015 3:30, Daniel Dickman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a reason why the pre-processor strips out attributes when
> -U__GNUC__ is specified and there is at least 1 #include directive?
> This seems like surprising behaviour to me. Here's an example:
>
> $ cat foo.c
> #include <limits.h>
Yes, this is intended behavior. The GNU C Library (glibc) defines
__attribute__ as a macro, which expands to whitespace if __GNUC__ is not
defined:
#if !defined __GNUC__ || __GNUC__ < 2
# define __attribute__(xyz) /* Ignore */
#endif
It is defined in such way to make the code compatible with other
compilers which do not support __attribute__ syntax.
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Regards,
Mikhail Maltsev
