BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Syntax for quoting define macros differs between response fi          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Command Line Tools) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Randy W. Sims Guest Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:03 am    Post subject: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between response fi I'm working on a project, Module::Build, which is a perl module that acts sort of like 'make', for building and installing perl modules and extensions. This is a replacement/alternative to the long-standing ExtUtils::MakeMaker and will be included in the next major release of perl, version 5.10. We need to invoke various compilers on different platforms to build some perl extensions. One of these is the borland command line compiler on Windows. I've written most of the code, and most things work correctly but I'm running into a problem with defines and response files. (Currently we use response files for all compilers under Windows to avoid long command lines.) Given the C program, 'test.c': ----------8<---------- #include <stdio.h> int main() { char *ch; ch = VERSION; printf("%s\n", ch); return 0; } ----------8<---------- The following command line can be used to compile it: bcc32 -DVERSION=\"1.01\" test.c But with a response file, 'test.rsp': ----------8<---------- -DVERSION=\"1.01\" ----------8<---------- the result is: C:\home\randys>bcc32 @test.rsp test.c Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland test.c: Error E2206 test.c 7: Illegal character '\' (0x5c) in function main Error E2206 test.c 7: Illegal character '\' (0x5c) in function main Error E2060 test.c 7: Illegal use of floating point in function main *** 3 errors in Compile *** So, How do I handle quoting of define macros in response files? Thanks, Randy. BTW, if it helps, a typical response file for the compiler currently looks like: ----------8<---------- -O2 -D_RTLDLL -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -D_MT -D__USELOCALES__ -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0410 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -O2 -D_RTLDLL -DXS_VERSION=\"0.01\" -DVERSION=\"0.01\" -I"..\..\..\lib\CORE" -I"C:\devel\bcc\5.5\include" ----------8<---------- Back to top Jonathan Benedicto Guest Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between respons Randy W. Sims wrote: Quote: But with a response file, 'test.rsp': -DVERSION=\"1.01\" AFAIK, leave off the escape characters. Make it -DVERSION="1.0.1" HTH Jonathan Back to top Randy W. Sims Guest Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:03 am    Post subject: Re: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between respons Jonathan Benedicto wrote: Quote: Randy W. Sims wrote: But with a response file, 'test.rsp': -DVERSION=\"1.01\" AFAIK, leave off the escape characters. Make it -DVERSION="1.0.1" Mmm, sorry, I should have mentioned that I tried that: C:\home\randys>bcc32 @test.rsp test.c Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland test.c: Error E2060 test.c 7: Illegal use of floating point in function main *** 1 errors in Compile *** zero, one, two, three quotes. With and without escape. No luck. Thanks, Randy. Back to top Bill Guest Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:03 am    Post subject: Re: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between respons "Randy W. Sims" <randys (AT) thepierianspring (DOT) org> wrote in message news:44332bb0$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: ----------8<---------- -DVERSION=\"1.01\" ----------8<---------- Try -DVERSION="\"1.01\"" assuming you want a ouput of "1.01" (quotes included). The way I see it you are currently expanding the macro as char *ch; ch = \"1.01\" ; // <<< not a null terminated string. Back to top Ed Mulroy Guest Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between respons Another person ran into this earlier in the year When you enclose something in quotes on the command line, that allows special characters such as a space to be part of a single command line argument and the program sees the full contents between the quotes without the quotes as an individual calling argument. However when it was in a response file it did not seem to work that way. The parts on each side of the space were taken as separate arguments. I've no workaround to suggest other than to put the arguments which are enclosed in quotes on the actual command line or in the config file. .. Ed Quote: Randy W. Sims wrote in message news:44332bb0$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... I'm working on a project, Module::Build, which is a perl module that acts sort of like 'make', for building and installing perl modules and extensions. This is a replacement/alternative to the long-standing ExtUtils::MakeMaker and will be included in the next major release of perl, version 5.10. We need to invoke various compilers on different platforms to build some perl extensions. One of these is the borland command line compiler on Windows. I've written most of the code, and most things work correctly but I'm running into a problem with defines and response files. (Currently we use response files for all compilers under Windows to avoid long command lines.) Given the C program, 'test.c': ----------8<---------- #include <stdio.h int main() { char *ch; ch = VERSION; printf("%s\n", ch); return 0; } ----------8<---------- The following command line can be used to compile it: bcc32 -DVERSION=\"1.01\" test.c But with a response file, 'test.rsp': ----------8<---------- -DVERSION=\"1.01\" ----------8<---------- the result is: C:\home\randys>bcc32 @test.rsp test.c Borland C++ 5.5.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2000 Borland test.c: Error E2206 test.c 7: Illegal character '\' (0x5c) in function main Error E2206 test.c 7: Illegal character '\' (0x5c) in function main Error E2060 test.c 7: Illegal use of floating point in function main *** 3 errors in Compile *** So, How do I handle quoting of define macros in response files? Thanks, Randy. BTW, if it helps, a typical response file for the compiler currently looks like: ----------8<---------- -O2 -D_RTLDLL -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -D_MT -D__USELOCALES__ -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0410 -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -O2 -D_RTLDLL -DXS_VERSION=\"0.01\" -DVERSION=\"0.01\" -I"..\..\..\lib\CORE" -I"C:\devel\bcc\5.5\include" ----------8<---------- Back to top Randy W. Sims Guest Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between respons Bill wrote: Quote: "Randy W. Sims" <randys (AT) thepierianspring (DOT) org> wrote in message news:44332bb0$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... ----------8<---------- -DVERSION=\"1.01\" ----------8<---------- Try -DVERSION="\"1.01\"" assuming you want a ouput of "1.01" (quotes included). The way I see it you are currently expanding the macro as char *ch; ch = \"1.01\" ; // <<< not a null terminated string. I've tried that one too; and I just double checked to make sure: Error E2206 test.c 7: Illegal character '\' (0x5c) in function main Error E2206 test.c 7: Illegal character '\' (0x5c) in function main Error E2060 test.c 7: Illegal use of floating point in function main *** 3 errors in Compile *** I've tried just about every combination I can think of. Unless there is a different escaping character I don't know about, I don't think it's possible. That stinks. =( This doesn't seem that unusual a thing to want to do. Regards, Randy. Back to top Randy W. Sims Guest Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:03 am    Post subject: Re: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between respons Ed Mulroy wrote: Quote: Another person ran into this earlier in the year When you enclose something in quotes on the command line, that allows special characters such as a space to be part of a single command line argument and the program sees the full contents between the quotes without the quotes as an individual calling argument. However when it was in a response file it did not seem to work that way. The parts on each side of the space were taken as separate arguments. I don't think that's quite the problem. The problem is that I need to pass the quotes in as part of the argument, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do it. It works from the command line, but /all/ quotes are stripped in the response file: -DVERSION=""""""1.01"""""" Error E2060 test.c 7: Illegal use of floating point in function main *** 1 errors in Compile *** Quote: I've no workaround to suggest other than to put the arguments which are enclosed in quotes on the actual command line or in the config file. It works as expected in the config file, but there can only be one config file, so if I put my defs in config files, it will not load the users config file... It can't find the standard libraries. It looks the only option left is putting them on the command line. :( Regards, Randy. Back to top Bob Gonder Guest Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:03 am    Post subject: Re: Syntax for quoting define macros differs between respons Randy W. Sims wrote: Quote: It looks the only option left is putting them on the command line. 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