Am 12.05.2019 um 20:22 schrieb Agner Fog: > I have noticed that the gcc and clang compilers have defined the > preprocessing macro __unix__, but not __WINDOWS__, _WIN32, or _WIN64 > when compiling a windows executable. > > Why is this?
Because it's correct that way. Cygwin runs on Windows, but it _is_ not Windows. > A C/C++ program will check for these macros if it wants to know which > operating system you are compiling for, and this will give the wrong > result. No. It gives the correct result. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple