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0 pointsperlgeek12y ago0 comments

> The code if fill of typedefs for AMIGA and OS/2. Useful to a small number of people certainly, but making progression harder too.

Sounds like the code of pretty much every non-trivial C program that is meant to run of many platforms, not just the five or ten most popular ones.

I'm not saying that this is a good thing, just that I don't know any good alternatives that don't sacrifice compatibility with lots of platforms.

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kzrdude12y ago· 1 in thread

It should say ifdefs, not typedefs. Inline ifdef directives everywhere is a real nightmare.

The very first commit in neovim includes this log:

     - Process files through unifdef to remove tons of FEAT_* macros

Which is exactly the sort of pointless "refactoring" that someone does instead of actual refactoring.

It also makes merging back to vim difficult to impossible.

Expect to see 'neovim' development dissipate rapidly.

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