Re: Looking for simple C Preprocessor source

  "Julian Mensch" <jmensch@home.com> wrote:


> Hi. I'm writing a computer game that has it's own scripting and
>level definition language,
...
> Now, because
>the language requires so many constants shared with the main game in
>C++, I run it through the C preprocessor to allow me to use include
>files and defines before using my own level compiler on it.
...
>[If you just want something for your own use, a simple preprocessor with
>include and define is a few dozen lines of perl. -John]


Another suggestion that comes to my mind is the M4 macro program, see
<http://gnu.org>. -- In order to simplify multiple language output, the
parser generator Bison is now (in latest beta) feeeding its output through
M4.


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