Re: [Notion-devel] Questions on portability and quick-n-ugly simple fix for NetBSD

[Etan R. <de...@un...>]

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 02:12:47PM -0300, Silas Silva wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:03:34AM -0400, Etan Reisner wrote:
> > Does '#include <sys/featuretest.h>' work?
>
> It works and it is a much better solution, thanks!!!

Ok, good. Now I just need to find out what defines I can use to detect
netbsd.

> Have conditional compilation to differentiate OS/machines is ugly.
> Stickying to ANSI C is much better and it is why Lua is so portable :-)

Yeah, when it is reasonably possible being natively portable is definitely
the best option. But the farther up the stack you get the less that's
really possible (well up to a certain point at least).

    -Etan