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<h1> libsm : C Language Portability Macros </h1>
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<h2> Description </h2>
The header file <tt><sm/cdefs.h></tt>
defines portable interfaces to non-portable features
of various C compilers.
It also assists you in writing C header files that are compatible
with C++.
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<tt> __P(parameterlist) </tt>
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This macro is used to write portable function prototypes.
For example,
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int foo __P((int));
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<tt> __CONCAT(x,y) </tt>
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This macro concatenates two tokens x and y,
forming a single token xy.
Warning: make sure there is no white space around the arguments x and y.
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<tt> __STRING(x) </tt>
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This macro converts the token sequence x into a string literal.
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<tt> __BEGIN_DECLS, __END_DECLS </tt>
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These macros are used to write C header files that are compatible
with C++ compilers.
Put <tt>__BEGIN_DECLS</tt> before the first function or variable
declaration in your header file,
and put <tt>__END_DECLS</tt> after the last function or variable
declaration.
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<tt> const, signed, volatile </tt>
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For pre-ANSI C compilers, <tt>const</tt>, <tt>signed</tt>
and <tt>volatile</tt> are defined as empty macros.
This means you can use these keywords without introducing
portability problems.
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<tt> SM_DEAD(function_declaration) </tt>
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This macro modifies a prototype of a function
that does not return to its caller.
With some versions of gcc, this will result in slightly better code,
and can suppress some useless warnings produced by gcc -Wall.
For example,
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SM_DEAD(void exit __P((int)));
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<tt> SM_UNUSED(variable_declaration) </tt>
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This macro modifies a definition of an unused
local variable, global variable or function parameter
in order to suppress compiler warnings.
Examples:
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SM_UNUSED(static const char Id[]) = "@(#)$Id: cdefs.html,v 1.2 2000/12/07 17:33:09 dmoen Exp $";
void
foo(x)
SM_UNUSED(int x);
{
SM_UNUSED(int y) = 0;
return 0;
}
void
bar(SM_UNUSED(int x))
{
return 0;
}
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