Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs/lib-src emacsclient.c ChangeLog

[Dan Nicolaescu]

"Lennart Borgman" <address@hidden> writes:

  > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> wrote:
  > > "Lennart Borgman" <address@hidden> writes:
  > >
  > >  > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> wrote:
  > >  > > The problem with that is that WINDOWSNT has many many idiosyncrasies,
  > >  > > having a #define for each one of them adds an overhead for the ones 
of
  > >  > > us working on free systems.
  > >  >
  > >  > Exactly how does it add overhead? Is it just because there are new
  > >  > #define names?
  > >
  > > Yes.  You have to learn or figure out something that you don't otherwise
  > > need.
  > 
  > Thanks, I see.
  > 
  > But there are tools withing Emacs for doing this, or? 

Tools are useful, but they don't solve the problem.

  > Can't we setup a list of hide-ifdef-env for different platforms?

That's a separate issue, and IMHO it would be useful to have.