Re: cpp in base?

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On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 10:07:03PM +1000, mjch wrote:
> Wouldn't that make having /usr/bin/cpp in any set other than comp a little 
> pointless?
> 

If it depends on the compiler, as it is perfectly allowed, yes. This
only means that a cpp outside the comp set has to be standalone. But
this does not mean that a cpp provided in a binary tools set has to be
standalone.

POSIX stipulates that the portable call to the preprocessor is via the
compiler wrapper: c89 -E.

In the same league, a header is not mandatorily a file: it can be a
compiler artefact.

This is the way it is. I'm not saying anything else.
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