Re: Word For Today: “Uglification”

On 2024-03-13, Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:

I just tried three compilers and [in absence of -I options] all 3 work
as expected, i.e. ignored stdio.h in current directory.
None of the three was of the variety that you appear to prefer.
Mine's are mundane stuff.
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However all three took local file when I had given them an option -I.

Yes; the traditional -I option is idiotic for the majority of the use
cases for which it has actually been used. This is why GCC introduced
-iquote; that's what you want to be using within a project for
redirecting your local #include "...".

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