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

[Lennart Borgman]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> wrote:
> "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.
>  >
>
>  > 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.

It is a separate issue too, but wouldn't it at least partly solve the
problem with learning you mentioned above?