chanson@nyx.UUCP (chris hanson) (09/12/90)
I am getting ready to call SAS about this, but thought that perhaps I should see if anyone else had this problem, and/or a solution. If someone does, please reply via mail, and I will summarize. The problem in question: I am using the SASCOPTIONS (also known by its 'Options' icon in your source directory) program to set my compiler options before compiling with the 'Build' icon (which calls LMK with an options file). The problem occurs when I attempt to use the nested comments feature by toggling its checkmark in the Options program. (Nice options program, THX SAS!) It sets and such fine, but when I go to Build/LMK, the compiler tosses me a message to the effect of "*** Unrecognized -c option: -cn" (cut, live, just now, on the fly, via Snap 1.4 ;). If I recall (I use the nested comment feature alot, love to comment out a block o' code for testing), in 5.0x, the nested comments option was -cc, not -cn. This may have changed in 5.1, but I wouldn't know, there was piddling little documentation, what about 30 pages, mostly a replacement for every page that had the word "Lattice" on it in bigger than 8 points? Anyone else run into this? If you go to try it yourself, the nested comments option is on the 'Advanced Options' window. Chris - Xenon (I work for Progressive Peripherals & Software Tech support, but please don't hold that against me. It just pays. Besides, they don't know/care what I do after 6 mountain time. ;)
ggk@tirith.UUCP (Gregory Kritsch) (09/12/90)
In a message posted on 12 Sep 90 04:20:24 GMT,
chanson@nyx.UUCP (chris hanson) wrote:
ch>Snap 1.4 ;). If I recall (I use the nested comment feature alot, love to
ch>comment out a block o' code for testing), in 5.0x, the nested comments
Yeah, I know what you mean. Except that I've never turned on the nested
comments bit. I found it far easier to just do things like
#ifdef DONT_DEFINE_ME
...
#endif
Sometimes, I use more descriptive names, of course. :-)
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Gregory Kritsch
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UUCP: xenitec!tirith!ggkrick@tmiuv0.uucp (09/14/90)
In article <2076@nyx.UUCP>, chanson@nyx.UUCP (chris hanson) writes: [lots deleted] > [...] If I recall (I use the nested comment feature alot, love to > comment out a block o' code for testing), in 5.0x, the nested comments > option was -cc, not -cn. I dunno about SAS/C, but since nested comments aren't always supported (the ANSI standard, in fact, explicitly says that comments DON'T NEST (section 3.1.9 and footnote 26, ANSI standard X3.159-1989)), the better way to do this is: #if 0 [stuff to be ignored] #endif You're guaranteed of ANSI compatibility this way, and it'll compile on any machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [- O] Rick Stevens, Technology Marketing Incorporated ? EMail: uunet!zardoz!tmiuv0!rick -or- uunet!zardoz!xyclone!sysop V CIS: 75006,1355 (75006.1355@compuserve.com from Internet) (Opinions are mine. No one listens to me here anyway.) "Lead, follow, or get the h*ll out of the way!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------