gperf -- #define for if (0) ; else for

[Sean Bruno]

On Mon, 2013-10-21 at 11:29 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On 10/21/2013 5:13 AM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> >
> >>     37
> >>     38 /* Assume ISO C++ 'for' scoping rule.  */
> >>     39 #define for if (0) ; else for
> >
> > StackOverflow (!) [1] suggests that they're a workaround for a bug in 
> > old versions of Visual Studio.
> 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b80153d8%28v=vs.90%29.aspx also 
> documents it.  Visual C++ 6 was released in 1998, which was 
> unfortunately the same year as the first ISO C++ standard.
> 


Hrm, it looks like gperf is in ports ... should we consider just
removing it from the base system in the first place?

sean
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