[gmx-users] Runtime need of cpp.exe

[David van der Spoel]

Utkal Ranjan Pradhan wrote:
> Friends
> 
>  
> 
> As I know cpp.exe is a GNU port for C Preprocessor for Windows and which 
> is required to compile the Gromacs code.
> 
> But I’m confused, Why it is required during runtime of Gromacs 
> applications ?
> 
> And I have the Win32 version of cpp.exe, will it work for x64 (=Win64) ?
> 
> What is the Windows native equivalent of cpp.exe ? Is it cl.exe ?
> 
> How can I remove the runtime dependency of cpp.exe for gromacs 
> applications ?

by writing an implementation of the cpp and donating it to the gromacs 
project. In fact, it wouldn't be so hard, since we are only using a few 
features in practice:
#include
#ifdef #else #endif
#define

Please provide a simple C program that takes a file, searches for these 
commands and does the same what the cpp does.


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