> The problem, here, is that the preprocessor is adding space before and after
> the dot:
> 
> image . image
> 
> which is actually *very* annoying for us (at least on opensolaris :-) ).
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1) is that behavior normal ?

Yep.
Preprocessor is designed to preprocess C code.
It is not meant as a general purpose text processor.

> 2) if not,  is there a way to make the preprocessor not adding those spaces

See suggestions from Peter Damron.

'cpp' might do the job for you.

regards,
  Fedor.

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