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Entry No.
580 		Compiler
Problem with $E directive: it ignores $IFDEF directives
1.02 2.01 3.0 3.01 3.02 4.0 4.01 4.02 4.03 5.0 5.01 6.0 6.01 6.02 Kylix 1.0
N/AN/AAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentExistsExistsExistsExistsExistsFixed
Description
Reported by Primoz Gabrijelcic; checked by Reinier Sterkenburg
To reproduce:
  • Start D5.
  • Create new console application.
  • Paste the following code: 
    program ifdefbug;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

{$IFDEF NOTDEF}
{$E XXX}
{$ENDIF}

begin
end.
  • Run. Delphi will compile the program (with extension .exe, as it should be) and then report "Could not find program, 'X:\somepath\ifdefbug.XXX'".
    Extremely stupid.
This, of course, works as it should in the D4 IDE. The problem lies in the two way integration between the source code and the IDE. Once the IDE 'sees' the {$E XXX} directive, it sets this value in Project-Options-Application-Target file extension. Setting that value back to an empty value results in a modification of the source file, a modification with an error in case there is an IFDEF.
Latest update of this entry: 2002-04-03

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