inferno:~/temp$ cat posted.c
#define INTERNATIONAL(x) \PREINTL(x,LANGUAGE)
#define PREINTL(x,y) \
#ifndef x##y\
x##_generic\
#else\
x##y\
#endif
inferno:~/temp$ cc posted.c
posted.c:7: `#' operator should be followed by a macro argument name
posted.c:7: `#' operator should be followed by a macro argument name
posted.c:7: `#' operator should be followed by a macro argument name
inferno:~/temp$
>
>I'm not sure this would work, but it should if cpp is worth anything :).
hot damn, let's all chuck cpp away shall we? ;)
actually, i already tried coding this before you suggested it, and it
didn't work. i think cpp doesn't expand macros it's just expanded
containing "#"s. as they say, "close, but no cigar!".
>What was the whole PREINTL2 step for, anyways?
no idea. i didn't write it, cloister bell did. i just pointed out where it
fell over.
>
>> If we could get it to work with this primary-language and
>> fallback-language, we could maybe insert one or two extra layers in
>> between. So, for example, one could ask for kernel messages in German. If
>> there was no German message, in French. If there was no German and no
>> French, then the generic message.
>
>This is insanity. :)
bleglebleeeeeeugh. (Elbonian for "Yup").
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