What is GNU LesserC, GNU LesserG?

Asked Feb 15 '17 at 14:50

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I found following code in library I'm trying to compile

#ifdef __GNU LesserC__
    __attribute__((packed))
#endif

and

#ifdef __GNU LesserG__
#pragma interface
#endif

What the hell is __GNU LesserC__? Why is there the space, #ifdef afaik doesn't support anything like this. I trying googling it but I only found source code using it, no explanation what it is (was) supposed to do.

Most patches I found fix it by

- #ifdef __GNU LesserC__
+ #ifdef __GNU_LesserC__

but I would like to know what this actually is.

Oh, and the library is xbase.

asked Feb 15 '17 at 14:50

graywolf

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If that is the correct fix, then it is probably a typo. – eerorika Feb 15 '17 at 15:09
it's consistent typo across about 20 files.. and gcc warns about it, so it's hard to believe it wasn't done on purpose – graywolf Feb 15 '17 at 15:11
And google does indeed find more instances of it. However, this question is now the first result, and it doesn't yet have an answer. (I have no idea). – BoBTFish Feb 15 '17 at 15:15
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@BoBTFish heh it's a bit scary how fast can google index stuff :D – graywolf Feb 15 '17 at 15:17

What is __GNU LesserC__, __GNU LesserG__?

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What is GNU LesserC, GNU LesserG?