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| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comment | Post #290786 |
Here's an excerpt from `man tar`:
> ## NOTE
> This manpage is a short description of GNU tar. For a detailed discussion,
> including examples and usage recommendations, refer to the GNU Tar Manual
> available in texinfo format. If the info reader and the tar documentation
> are prop... (more) |
— | about 2 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290786 |
No. GNU decided at some point that man pages were "so last century," and that all the good info would be in ~~emacs~~^W^W in the "info" browser. So if you check "man some-gnu-program" there's a fair chance the last paragraph will be something like "we've provided this man page as a courtesy, but the ... (more) |
— | about 2 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290316 |
I suspect that if you go far enough back, `stdin` was probably an expression macro, like `&Global_file_structs[0]` or some such. So this is probably the case of some early library corrupting the standard. They probably could have done a better job of *allowing* the name to be a macro without *requiri... (more) |
— | 5 months ago |
| Comment | Post #290215 |
When I say `gcc -E -xc -` and type:
#define FOO(x) x+1
#define BAR(x) x,1
int y = FOO(BAR(10));
I get back:
int y = 10,1 +1;
If I say
#define LIST3(delim, a, b, c) a delim b delim c
#define INIT3(a, b, c) { LIST3(COMMA, a, b, c) }
#define COMMA... (more) |
— | 6 months ago |