Re: lynx-dev removing strings used in CTRACE when configured without tracing

[dickey]

> 
> On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Vlad Harchev wrote: 
>  
> >  The are several approaches: 
> > 1)Use a feature of gcc - macros with variable number of arguments, in this 
> >   case we can do the following 
>  
> Non-portable.  Not a good fix.  Nice to know it exists though, thanks. 

yes.  some C-preprocessors really do care - and we wouldn't be able to
use the code.
  
> > 2)  First I've written the following script 
> > 3) So I wrote the the small program using lex (it does the same as script 
> > above, but very fast). 
>  
> These are both good ideas, but I'm leery of letting scripts modify 1000+  
> lines of code in this manner.  I don't think there's an easy way to fix this  
> properly.  It's best to just let it slide for now, perhaps worry about it  
> after 2.8.2. 

I've a few of those that I'm saving.  (plus, adding lex to the build will
complicate ports)

> I'm almost positive this is a bug in the C compiler.  Perhaps  
> I'll take umbrage with the gcc folk. 
>  
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> John Bley - address@hidden 
> Duke '99 - English/Computer Science 
>   Since English is a mess, it maps well onto the problem space, 
>   which is also a mess, which we call reality.     - Larry Wall 


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