Invalid compiler error

[Tron Thomas]

Earlier, I tried almost exactly what you suggested before posting my 
question, and it worked fine with the Cygwin compiler.  Would it be 
helpful if I actually provided the headers the library is using?

Max Bowsher wrote:

>Tron Thomas wrote:
>  
>
>>I wrote a simple program to test an open source library I am planning to
>>use in a development project.  I want the project to be supported on
>>different compilers, including the GCC compiler included with Cygwin.  I
>>have been able to successfully build my test application using the
>>Micrsoft and Borland compilers.  When I try to build the program with
>>the Cygwin compiler, I get a compiler error related to a header file I'm
>>including from the library.
>>
>>Here is the error message I get:
>>
>>#if with no expression
>>
>>This is the line of code that is apparently causing the problem:
>>
>>#elif _WIN32
>>
>>I don't see why this should be causing a problem especially when the
>>other compilers build without any problems.  I use -DWIN32 in the
>>command line arguments I used when I build the application.
>>    
>>
>
>Hmm. Is #elif a valid directive for gcc? I don't know. You could always
>rewrite like:
>
>#if FOO
>
>#else
>#if BAR
>
>#endif
>#endif
>
>Max.
>
>
>  
>



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