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Re: predefined macros for native Windows


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: predefined macros for native Windows
Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 02:22:17 +0200
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Gisle Vanem wrote:
> > When we began gnulib development, Borland C++ was still a reasonable 
> > portability
> > target to keep in mind. Probably this is no longer the case? Can you check 
> > all
> > "reasonable" C compilers for Windows whether they define '_WIN32'?
> 
> I checked OpenWatcom 2.0 and Pelles-C. They both have '_WIN32', but
> not '__WIN32__'. The rest (MSVC, MinGW) has it off-course.

Thanks for these investigations. So, it should be safe to test only
'_WIN32' nowadays. Done through the attached patch.

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