In computer science, a preprocessor (or precompiler) is a program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input in another program...
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The C preprocessor (CPP) is a text file processor that is used with C, C++ and other programming tools. The preprocessor provides for file inclusion (often...
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Directive (programming) (redirect from Preprocessor directive)
language and may vary from compiler to compiler. They can be processed by a preprocessor to specify compiler behavior, or function as a form of in-band parameterization...
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The PL/I preprocessor is the preprocessor for the PL/I computer programming language. The preprocessor interprets a subset of the full PL/I language to...
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PHP (redirect from PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)
Home Page, but it now stands for the recursive acronym PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter implemented...
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In computer aided engineering (CAE) a preprocessor is a program which provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to define boundary conditions, materials...
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is a feature of some computer programming languages, especially the C preprocessor, whereby a macro may be declared to accept a varying number of arguments...
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combined file. Different processors may use different syntax. The C preprocessor (used with C, C++ and in other contexts) defines an include directive...
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General-purpose macro processor (redirect from General purpose preprocessor)
A general-purpose macro processor or general purpose preprocessor is a macro processor that is not tied to or integrated with a particular language or...
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programming languages, #pragma once is a non-standard but widely supported preprocessor directive designed to cause the current header file to be included only...
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source code, includes directives for the C preprocessor. A translation unit is the output of the C preprocessor – a source file after it has been preprocessed...
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Memory can be allocated to a program with calls to library routines. A preprocessor performs macro definition, source code file inclusion, and conditional...
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conditional comments within JScript, known as conditional compilation. C# have preprocessor directives for conditional compilation. #if DEBUG Console.WriteLine("Debug...
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Troff (section Preprocessors)
overlapping them, and has a fully programmable input language. Separate preprocessors are used for more convenient production of tables, diagrams, and mathematics...
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by the first AutoChem preprocessor program called Pick. This subset of reactions is then used by the second AutoChem preprocessor program RoC (rate of...
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The Kinetic PreProcessor (KPP) is an open-source software tool used in atmospheric chemistry. Taking a set of chemical reactions and their rate coefficients...
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Stylus is a dynamic stylesheet preprocessor language that is compiled into Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Its design is influenced by Sass and Less. It...
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(short for Rational Fortran) is a programming language implemented as a preprocessor for Fortran 66. It provides modern control structures, unavailable in...
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OpenGL Shading Language (section Preprocessor)
can have own independent return type. GLSL defines a subset of the C preprocessor (CPP), combined with its own special directives for specifying versions...
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text files, INI files, HTTP server responses, configuration files, preprocessor macros, external constants, databases, command-line arguments, and is...
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Windows software trace preprocessor (WPP; the preprocessor and related support tools are known as WPP Software Tracing) is a preprocessor that simplifies the...
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problem of double inclusion when dealing with the include directive. The C preprocessor processes inclusion directives like #include "Foo.h" to include "Foo...
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ACARM-ng (section Preprocessor)
to allow users to adapt system's input to their own needs a special "preprocessor" component is provided. It allows to define a chain of accept-if-match...
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Gharaibeh, Robert Parlett and others. Unicon descended from Icon and a preprocessor for Icon called IDOL. Compared with Icon, Unicon offers better access...
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C23 (C standard revision) (section Preprocessor)
to be checked by preprocessor directives. Add __has_c_attribute allowing the availability of an attribute to be checked by preprocessor directives. (see...
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PL/I (section Preprocessor)
additions of their own. IBM has continued to add preprocessor features to its compilers. The preprocessor treats the written source program as a sequence...
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Sass (short for syntactically awesome style sheets) is a preprocessor scripting language that is interpreted or compiled into Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)...
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have integrated subsets of the C preprocessor into their systems. SIMSCRIPT is an application specific Fortran preprocessor for modeling and simulating large...
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template system or application framework, and may be used also as a preprocessor or filter. With the model typically held in a relational database, the...
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analysis hardware used preprocessors to act as an interface to the microprocessor. Aside from the 64304A Emulation Bus Preprocessor (manual at Bitsavers)...
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