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better than #ifdef (Score:1)

by jdavidboyd (3251)

(this is in C, of course)

I have a co-worker who always changes the code that he fixes by wrapping it in #ifdef tags, like

#ifdef _BUGS_
...old broken code
#else
...new working code
#endif

This drives me crazy, but he won't change, and no one here with authority wants to enforce anything against, this, so I just take them out when I get a chance to work on the affected files.
- Re:better than #ifdef (Score:2)
  
  by merlyn (47) <merlyn@stonehenge.com> on 2005.07.26 10:48 (#42164) Homepage Journal
  That's simple. Just go in to the standard Makefile for your build, and add -D_BUGS_.
  It'll drive him nuts for hours.
  --
  
  Randal L. Schwartz
  
  Stonehenge
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