[ale] help a decrepit c programmer

[Ed Cashin]

Good advice. You can also tell gcc to
"-save-temps" and then look in the ".i"
file.

I have seen underscore used by gettext for
Internationalization, I believe. It's prolly that.

On Friday, December 24, 2010, Michael Potter <michael at potter.name> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Can you put it into context?
>
> Try adding the -E option on gcc to see what the expanded line looks like.
> -E just runs the preprocessor and then stops without compiling the source.
> You also might find a function defined with the name "_".
>
> Let us know what you find.
>
> --
> Michael Potter
>
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:
>> What does this C expression do:
>>
>>        _("Authors")
>>
>> I can't find any macro or function definition for it. I haven't done any
>> serious c coding since the heydays of OS/2 (did it ever have a heyday?).
>> My guess is it's some kind of unicode operator? A little help from the
>> pros, s'il vous plait...
>>
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