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ifdef documentation

• Posted by irv Dec 10, 2017
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In the Euphoria docs 4.4.3.5 Using ifdef, there are several statements that seem to be - wrong.

First, we see the example:

ifdef WINDOWS then 
   -- Windows specific code. 
elsedef 
   include std/error.e 
   crash("This program must be run with the Windows interpreter.") 
end ifdef 

Later on, we see a warning which seems to say the above example won't work!

"Do be careful to put the numbers after the platform names for Windows:"

-- This puts() routine will never be called 
-- even when run by the Windows interpreter! 
ifdef WINDOWS then 
     puts(1,"I am on Windows\n") 
end ifdef 

Is this confusing? What numbers? 7, 10, XP? Also, is it correct to say:

-- OSX is not supported but we define public symbols for it anyhow.