kfogel@collab.net writes:
> Barry Scott <barry@barrys-emacs.org> writes:
> > I've just been adding code to deal with detecting new API functions.
> > I've ended up with code like this:
> >
> > #if (SVN_VER_MAJOR == 1 && SVN_VER_MINOR >= 1) || SVN_VER_MAJOR > 1
> > #define PYSVN_HAS_CLIENT_ADD2
> > #define PYSVN_HAS_CLIENT_EXPORT2
> > #endif
> >
> > #if (SVN_VER_MAJOR == 1 && SVN_VER_MINOR >= 2) || SVN_VER_MAJOR > 1
> > #define PYSVN_HAS_CLIENT_INFO
> > #endif
> >
> > What would have made this all a lot easier is if the feature test
> > macros where
> > defined in the SVN headers.
> >
> > In svn_client.h how about having
> >
> > #define SVN_HAS_CLIENT_ADD2
> >
> > Then code that builds on top of svn can test for features and avoid
> > the version testing code.
>
> It's already possible to test for the presence of an interface
> (autoconf has ways to do this, for example, by attempting to compile a
> small program which calls the interface, and detecting success for
> failure). I think methods like that are the usual way to handle this
> situation.
Besides that, I was pretty sure you could simply do:
#ifdef svn_client_add2
#endif
But maybe I'm confused.
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Received on Mon Apr 4 18:51:42 2005