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Q and A on undisciplined preprocessor

Written by Grigory Rechistov in Uncategorized on 28.11.2021. Tags: preprocessor,

What is undisciplined preprocessor usage?
Does “undisciplined” mean bugs?
- Is this macro abuse affecting our project?
There are commercial tools that perform static analysis! Why don’t we use them?
What problems do object-like macros pose?
What problems do function-like macros pose?
What problems do conditional compilation blocks pose?
What …

Extra #includes

Written by Grigory Rechistov in Uncategorized on 02.11.2020. Tags: preprocessor, include,

Introduction

Consider the following program transformation.

For an #include directive found in a source code file, comment it out, attempt to rebuild the project. If the rebuild fails, return the commented line back; otherwise keep it commented.

Given the complexity of C/C++ languages and their preprocessors (arguably being Turing-complete …