Re: Debug build compile error in 'gobject/gobject.c'

[Arnavion <arnavion gmail com>]

I don't believe you're allowed to legally use macros inside a macro
expansion - 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19111383/ifdef-inside-a-macro-call-works-with-gcc-but-not-with-msvc

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> On 3 August 2016 at 18:36, John Emmas <johne53 tiscali co uk> wrote:
> > Hi there - I just came across a problem after updating libglib to the latest
> > git master (my last update was about a fortnight ago).
> >
> > I'm building with MSVC 8 and when I try to compile 'gobject/gobject.c' the
> > Release version compiles fine but compiling in Debug mode gives me an error
> > around these lines at the end of function 'void g_object_type_init (void)
> > (approximately line 400):-
> >
> >       GOBJECT_IF_DEBUG (OBJECTS,
> >       {
> >           debug_objects_ht = g_hash_table_new (g_direct_hash, NULL);
> > #ifndef G_HAS_CONSTRUCTORS
> >           g_atexit (debug_objects_atexit);
> > #endif /* G_HAS_CONSTRUCTORS */
> >       });
> >
> > The error I see is:-
> >
> >       gobject\gobject.c(403) : error C2121: '#' : invalid character :
> > possibly the result of a macro expansion
> >
> > AFAICT gobject.c itself hasn't changed recently so is it possible that
> > GOBJECT_IF_DEBUG has changed somehow?  The Release build compiles okay so I
> > guess that seems plausible.  Thanks,
>
> This is likely a MSVC 8 issue. The GOBJECT_IF_DEBUG macro expands the
> second argument to a code block, and it seems MSVC 8 has issues when
> that includes a conditional pre-processor directive.
>
> GOBJECT_IF_DEBUG hasn't changed since 2014, and the same commit
> introduced the use you see failing.
>
> Ciao,
>  Emmanuele.
>
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