[scilab_dev] min and max C macros definition

[Allan CORNET]

Hi ,:)

#ifndef max
#define max(a,b)            (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
#endif

#ifndef min
#define min(a,b)            (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
#endif

min and max are defined in <windef.h>

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms709458.aspx


Merry christmas :)


Allan

Le 01:34 PM 12/20/2007,alan écrit:
>Hello,
>
>I'm encountering some understanding in the 
>compilation of scilab under windows
>with min and max C macros :
>In C routines of scicos we often use that macros 
>and  in the scicos code I see
>(in scicos_block.h for ie) :
>
>#if WIN32
>#undef min
>#undef max
>#endif
>
>#ifndef WIN32
>#define max(a,b) ((a) >= (b) ? (a) : (b))
>#define min(a,b) ((a) <= (b) ? (a) : (b))
>#endif
>
>that clearly means that we undefine min and max for windows and we define
>min/max with previous definition for all others platforms. But why ?
>
>With more investigations, in most of computational routines of scicos blocks
>where we need min and max, I can see that :
>
>#ifndef min
>#define min(a,b) ((a) <= (b) ? (a) : (b))
>#endif
>
>#ifndef max
>#define max(a,b) ((a) >= (b) ? (a) : (b))
>#endif
>
>(that says :  if min/max not defined then use same definitions than the
>first..!)
>
>Is there somebody that can say to me if there is 
>special definition of min/max
>somewhere in the scilab C header(.h) for windows or in the standard C windows
>include files ?
>
>Thanks,
>Alan



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