The -dD flag includes all the defined macros that -dM includes. Unless I'm mistaken in my understanding of a predefined macro, it shouldn't include the ones defined in the std C headers. This is the case for 3.4.3 and 3.3.5.
======= ~/misc> touch foo.h ; cpp -dD foo.h | sort > test2 ~/misc> touch foo.h ; cpp -dM foo.h | sort > test1 ~/misc> diff test1 test2 0a1,9 > > > > > > # 1 "<built-in>" > # 1 "<command line>" > # 1 "foo.h" > # 1 "foo.h" ~/misc> ~/misc> cat test1 #define __CHAR_BIT__ 8 #define __DBL_DENORM_MIN__ 4.9406564584124654e-324 #define __DBL_DIG__ 15 #define __DBL_EPSILON__ 2.2204460492503131e-16 #define __DBL_HAS_INFINITY__ 1 #define __DBL_HAS_QUIET_NAN__ 1 #define __DBL_MANT_DIG__ 53 #define __DBL_MAX_10_EXP__ 308 #define __DBL_MAX__ 1.7976931348623157e+308 #define __DBL_MAX_EXP__ 1024 #define __DBL_MIN_10_EXP__ (-307) #define __DBL_MIN__ 2.2250738585072014e-308 #define __DBL_MIN_EXP__ (-1021) #define __DECIMAL_DIG__ 21 #define __ELF__ 1 #define __FINITE_MATH_ONLY__ 0 #define __FLT_DENORM_MIN__ 1.40129846e-45F #define __FLT_DIG__ 6 #define __FLT_EPSILON__ 1.19209290e-7F #define __FLT_EVAL_METHOD__ 2 #define __FLT_HAS_INFINITY__ 1 #define __FLT_HAS_QUIET_NAN__ 1 #define __FLT_MANT_DIG__ 24 #define __FLT_MAX_10_EXP__ 38 #define __FLT_MAX__ 3.40282347e+38F #define __FLT_MAX_EXP__ 128 #define __FLT_MIN_10_EXP__ (-37) #define __FLT_MIN__ 1.17549435e-38F #define __FLT_MIN_EXP__ (-125) #define __FLT_RADIX__ 2 #define __GNUC__ 3 #define __GNUC_MINOR__ 4 #define __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ 3 #define __gnu_linux__ 1 #define __GXX_ABI_VERSION 1002 #define __i386 1 #define __i386__ 1 #define i386 1 #define __INT_MAX__ 2147483647 #define __LDBL_DENORM_MIN__ 3.64519953188247460253e-4951L #define __LDBL_DIG__ 18 #define __LDBL_EPSILON__ 1.08420217248550443401e-19L #define __LDBL_HAS_INFINITY__ 1 #define __LDBL_HAS_QUIET_NAN__ 1 #define __LDBL_MANT_DIG__ 64 #define __LDBL_MAX_10_EXP__ 4932 #define __LDBL_MAX__ 1.18973149535723176502e+4932L #define __LDBL_MAX_EXP__ 16384 #define __LDBL_MIN_10_EXP__ (-4931) #define __LDBL_MIN__ 3.36210314311209350626e-4932L #define __LDBL_MIN_EXP__ (-16381) #define __linux 1 #define __linux__ 1 #define linux 1 #define __LONG_LONG_MAX__ 9223372036854775807LL #define __LONG_MAX__ 2147483647L #define __NO_INLINE__ 1 #define __PTRDIFF_TYPE__ int #define __REGISTER_PREFIX__ #define __SCHAR_MAX__ 127 #define __SHRT_MAX__ 32767 #define __SIZE_TYPE__ unsigned int #define __STDC_HOSTED__ 1 #define __tune_i686__ 1 #define __tune_pentiumpro__ 1 #define __unix 1 #define __unix__ 1 #define unix 1 #define __USER_LABEL_PREFIX__ #define __VERSION__ "3.4.3" #define __WCHAR_MAX__ 2147483647 #define __WCHAR_TYPE__ long int #define __WINT_TYPE__ unsigned int -- Summary: -E -dD includes predefined macros Product: gcc Version: 3.4.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: preprocessor AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: jason at catapult dot com CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19836