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Re: I: gcc ... -U_WIN32 ... may cause problems
- To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
- Subject: Re: I: gcc ... -U_WIN32 ... may cause problems
- From: Geoffrey Noer <noer at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:59:04 -0700
- Cc: Mumit Khan <khan at xraylith dot wisc dot edu>, gw32 <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- References: <19980908115632.9227.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com>
On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 04:56:32AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
[...]
> The `argument' I have for removing the _WIN32 from cygwin32 (I'll live
> with mingw32) is that there exists code that already has some porting
> to WIN32 and it gets in the way of wanting to build the __UNIX__
> version under WIN32. Since this is the goal of the Cygnus Project
> then it would be best served to remove the definitions of _WIN32.
Cygwin32 wants to allow both Unix and Win32 API calls. Although I
see the appeal in making it possible to express a preference for one
or the other, I don't think overloading "_WIN32" is the right
solution. "_WIN32" means "access to the Win32 API" to me, something
that the Cygwin32 configuration permits.
--
Geoffrey Noer
noer@cygnus.com
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