printf() as a macro in glibc 2.2.1?

[Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at mediaone dot net>]

Hi,

I am using gcc version:
gcc version 2.97 20001005 (experimental) 

I am running:
/lib/libc.so.6
============================================================================
GNU C Library stable release version 2.2.1, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 1992-1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0).
Compiled on a Linux 2.4.0-0.43.6 system on 2001-01-15.
Available extensions:
        GNU libio by Per Bothner
        crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
        The C stubs add-on version 2.1.2.
        BIND-8.2.3-T5B
        NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
        Glibc-2.0 compatibility add-on by Cristian Gafton
        linuxthreads-0.9 by Xavier Leroy
        libthread_db work sponsored by Alpha Processor Inc          
============================================================================

In /usr/include/bits/stdio.h, I found this code:

============================================================================
/* Since version 2.97 GCC knows about `fprintf' and can optimize certain
   cases.  Help gcc to optimize more code by mapping `printf' to the known
   `fprintf' function.  Unfortunately we have to use a macro.  */
# if __GNUC_PREREQ (2,97)
#  define printf(fmt, args...) fprintf (stdout, fmt, ##args)
# endif                                          
============================================================================

This particular piece of code is breaking my compilation of the ACE
C++ library (http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html), which has
an OS encapsulation layer for standard C functions.

Is this code snippet going to say in, or is it going away?
Considering that gcc 2.97 is an interim version number of gcc, I'm not
sure if it is a good idea to put macros which are conditionally activated
on depending on what version of gcc is used.

If this code snippet is staying in glibc, then I need to write
a workaround for my code.

Thanks.




-- 
Craig Rodrigues        
http://www.gis.net/~craigr    
rodrigc@mediaone.net