[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Quick #error question

[Gaute B Strokkenes <gs234@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, justin@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Quick question,
>    In intl/gettext.h, line 64 why isn't #error used?
> 
> ---61,67---
> #  if ULONG_MAX == UINT_MAX_32_BITS
> typedef unsigned long nls_uint32;
> #  else
>   /* The following line is intended to throw an error.  Using #error
>      is not portable enough.  */ "Cannot determine unsigned 32-bit
>      data type."
> #  endif
> ---
> 
>    But it's used in these other files:lines,
> ./common/fcintl.h:18
> ./common/speclist.h:60
> ./common/speclist_c.h:28
> ./common/version.h:18
> 
>    Out of curiousity, I was running freeciv through lclint and the
> preprocessor kept barfing in gettext.h.

Those files are part of GNU gettext, which is rather more portable
than Freeciv.

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