andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) (09/20/89)
Michael said: > For GNU C++ you say > char *p = new { London } char[10]; > in AT&T C++ you say > char *p = new ( London ) char[10]; > > You could do this in a header file: > #ifdef __GNUG__ > #define NEW(WHERE) new { WHERE } > #else > #define NEW(WHERE) new ( WHERE ) > #endif Or, without learning to capitalize new, you could do: #ifdef __GNUG__ #define new(where) new { where } #endif A quick experiment suggests that GNU CPP doesn't try to expand parametered macros when encountered without parameters. Without this behavior, this trick wouldn't work. -=- Andrew Klossner (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA]