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<h2 class="chapter">5 Diagnostics</h2>
<p><a name="index-diagnostic-93"></a><a name="index-reporting-errors-94"></a><a name="index-reporting-warnings-95"></a>
<a name="index-g_t_0023error-96"></a>The directive &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#error</span></samp>&rsquo; causes the preprocessor to report a fatal
error. The tokens forming the rest of the line following &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#error</span></samp>&rsquo;
are used as the error message.
<p>You would use &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#error</span></samp>&rsquo; inside of a conditional that detects a
combination of parameters which you know the program does not properly
support. For example, if you know that the program will not run
properly on a VAX, you might write
<pre class="smallexample"> #ifdef __vax__
#error "Won't work on VAXen. See comments at get_last_object."
#endif
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<p>If you have several configuration parameters that must be set up by
the installation in a consistent way, you can use conditionals to detect
an inconsistency and report it with &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#error</span></samp>&rsquo;. For example,
<pre class="smallexample"> #if !defined(FOO) &amp;&amp; defined(BAR)
#error "BAR requires FOO."
#endif
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<p><a name="index-g_t_0023warning-97"></a>The directive &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#warning</span></samp>&rsquo; is like &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#error</span></samp>&rsquo;, but causes the
preprocessor to issue a warning and continue preprocessing. The tokens
following &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#warning</span></samp>&rsquo; are used as the warning message.
<p>You might use &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#warning</span></samp>&rsquo; in obsolete header files, with a message
directing the user to the header file which should be used instead.
<p>Neither &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#error</span></samp>&rsquo; nor &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">#warning</span></samp>&rsquo; macro-expands its argument.
Internal whitespace sequences are each replaced with a single space.
The line must consist of complete tokens. It is wisest to make the
argument of these directives be a single string constant; this avoids
problems with apostrophes and the like.
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