Re: printf: doens't print on WinXP installation

[Eduardo Osorio Armenta]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Richard Frith-Macdonald <richard@tiptree.demon.co.uk> wrote:

On 23 Oct 2009, at 15:25, Eduardo Osorio Armenta wrote:

try this:

#include <stdio.h>
instead of :          #import <stdio.h> 

I'm afraid that won't make any difference.

ok, i just extract this from discuss-gnustep.gnu.org  list:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnustep/2009-10/msg00149.html

David Chisnal wrote:
On 14 Oct 2009, at 00:30, Jean-Loïc Mauduy wrote:

> #import <stdio.h>


This is wrong.  A few Objective-C tutorials make this mistake, and tell
you to just use #import instead of #include in Objective-C programs,
but this is terrible advice.  #include is a trivial preprocessor
directive that just inserts the contents of the specified file at this
point.  #import is a bit more clever, and ensures that the file is only
ever inserted once.

Objective-C headers are, generally, designed to be used with #import.
 A lot of C (and C++) headers, however, are not.  They will protect
themselves from multiple inclusion with macros and may be designed to
work differently if included more than once in a compilation unit.  If
you get into the habit of using #import with C headers, then you are
going to end up with something breaking eventually, and you are going
to be very confused about why.  Only use #import with Objective-C
headers; stick with #include for C headers.  This also provides a clue
to people reading your code about what kind of header you are including.

David

Best Regards