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RE: FreeType and MSVC problem |
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Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:32:15 -0700 |
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> From: Werner LEMBERG [mailto:address@hidden
>
> [About incorrect argument prescan in MSVC's preprocessor for C which
> prevents correct compilation of FreeType's `otvalid' module.]
>
> > If you have further questions regarding this issue, Jason Shirk can
> > help you out.
>
> Jason, I'm interested in the history of this bug, this is, when has it
> been introduced, which bug number it has (in case this information is
> publicly available), and whether there are plans to fix it, and
> finally, which version of MSVC you expect that this bug is fixed.
>
Our preprocessor is ancient, some of the code is from 1977 or 1978. I'm
pretty sure this bug has been around that long.
We don't directly expose our bug database for every bug, but customer
reported bugs can be tracked. If you report this bug here:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/default.aspx
you can track it yourself. We definitely won't be fixing this bug in
Whidbey. We would definitely like to fix it in a future release, but I
can't commit to what release that might be.
> Apparently, the word `argument prescan' isn't used for this bug -- a
> search on microsoft.com haven't had a single hit. How do you call it?
>
I use the term 'rescan'.
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Jason Shirk
VC++ Compiler Team
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