Re: What exactly is Derivative ?
John Hasler wrote:
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> Marcus writes:
> > #include <foobar.h>
> > It does include them.
>
> #include does not mean what it says.
>
But it does. The compiler proper (cc1?) never touches the header files.
The preprocessor(cpp) reads the C file and spits out a C file that,
among other things, textually includes the header files. Under normal
operation, it then opens a pipe to send this to the compiler.
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