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@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ ccflags (ccflags.U):
ccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler alone.
+ The symbols defined by cpp or by cc when it calls cpp are not in
+ this list, see cppsymbols and cppccsymbols.
The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
cf_by (cf_who.U):
@@ -267,9 +269,9 @@ cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.U):
used by the C preprocessor.
cppccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
- The variable contains the symbols defined by both
- the bare C compiler and during a compilation that
- includes stdio.h.
+ The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler
+ when it calls cpp. The symbols defined by the cc alone or cpp
+ alone are not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppsymbols.
The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
cppflags (ccflags.U):
@@ -301,8 +303,9 @@ cppstdin (cppstdin.U):
preprocessor symbols.
cppsymbols (Cppsym.U):
- The variable contains the symbols during a compilation
- that includes stdio.h.
+ The variable contains the symbols defined by the C preprocessor
+ alone. The symbols defined by cc or by cc when it calls cpp are
+ not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppccsymbols.
The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
crosscompile (crosscompile.U):
@@ -3094,6 +3097,9 @@ siteprefixexp (siteprefix.U):
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
which the user will install add-on packages. Derived from siteprefix.
+sizesize (sizesize.U):
+ This variable contains the size of a sizetype in bytes.
+
sizetype (sizetype.U):
This variable defines sizetype to be something like size_t,
unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length