Hm, define_variable_cname() looks like a macro to me. At least variable.h contians in line 185:


#define define_variable_cname(n,v,o,r) \


That given the code below from main.c resembles a macro exapansion quite closely, doesn't it?


  define_variable_cname (".FEATURES",
                         "target-specific order-only second-expansion else-if"
                         "shortest-stem undefine"
#ifndef NO_ARCHIVES
                         "archives"
#endif
#ifdef MAKE_JOBSERVER
                         "jobserver"
#endif
#ifdef MAKE_SYMLINKS
                         "check-symlink"
#endif
                         , o_default, 0);


Oliver Schmidt - oschmidt(at)sap.com

Paul, can you comment on this?  The ChangeLog does not mention this change to main.c, so there's no reason given to this change that I could use for reasoning about this change.

By the way, the issue with MSVC is probably related to string concatenation inside conditional compilation, not as written (there are no macro expansions anywhere in sight, AFAICS).