Re: Runtime code vs compile time conditional compilation

[Alexandre Julliard]

John Birrell  writes:
> Note that the code I am questioning does not produce a compiler
> warning. The warning comes from code in the if-true path.
>
> The compiler warning attracted my attention to code that if believe
> would be better as a #if.

No, using normal code is always better than #ifdefs. This way all the
code gets compiled and checked for errors, plus you don't need to
write autoconf magic for things that the compiler can do itself.