> > {$IFDEF FPC}
> > {$MACRO ON}
> > {$IFNDEF XXX_}
> > {$DEFINE XXX_:=DFM_RR} // replace prefix
> > {$ENDIF}
> > {$ENDIF}
> >
> > {$INFO compiled with XXX_}
> >
> > unit XXX_parser;
> >
> > {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
> >
> > interface
> >
> > implementation
> >
> > end.
> Macros are only expanded on whole tokens (aka words). So XXX_ is
> expanded, but XXX_parser is not. It's the same with C preprocessors by
> the way.
This is one of the limitation that we have against
C preprocessor macros:
in C, you would be able to use
$define XXX_parser XXX_ ## parser
so that
unit XXX_parser;
would work as you want,
but I don't think that we ever implemented an equivalent
inside the Free Pascal compiler.
The other aspect is that, according to Michael's answer,
the information message sent to output is not passed trough
the preprocessor, because it still prints XXX_, and not DFM_RR.
I would qualify this as a feature, not a bug, but others
might disagree on that.
This is because the source is parsed by using readcomment method,
which will never try to replace macros.
Pierre Muller
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