annotate admin/notes/cpp @ 62539:14e404c9c65f

(Hooks): Delete confusing and unnecessary sentence. (Major Mode Conventions): Refer to `Auto Major Mode' in more appropriate place. (Derived Modes): Small clarifications. (Minor Mode Conventions, Keymaps and Minor Modes): Replace references to nodes with references to anchors. (Mode Line Data): Warn that `(:eval FORM)' should not load any files. Clarify description of lists whose first element is an integer. (Mode Line Variables): Add anchor. (%-Constructs): Clarify description of integer after %. (Emulating Mode Line): Describe nil value for FACE.

ttn 2003-04-09

we use a C preprocesor not only in the normal compilation of .c files
into object files, but also for creating

	src/Makefile
	lib-src/Makefile

(delimited by comment "start of cpp stuff").  some cpp implementations
insert whitespace in between tokens, which explains the "$(dot)$(dot)"
and "UNEXEC_ALIAS" workarounds for unixoid systems and the bundled
tradcpp/ for vms.  [NOTE: tradcpp/ not yet checked in.]

during makefile creation, the preprocessor symbol NOT_C_CODE is defined.
this should not be defined for normal .c file compilation.

there has been discussion on eliminating this use of cpp and relying
solely on autoconf processing.  rms says to leave it be.

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