a question about preprocessor

[xuatla]

I tried the following code and complied in g++

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
#ifdef __cplusplus
cout << "c++ program" << endl;
#endif

#ifdef __STDC__
cout << "c program" << endl;
#endif

return 0;
}

the output is
c++ program
c program

So both __cplusplus & __STDC__ are defined. But from C++ Primer I read
that only one of them will be defined in a program. What's wrong with my
code/result?

Thanks.

X

[Denis Remezov]

xuatla wrote:

[...]
So both __cplusplus & __STDC__ are defined. But from C++ Primer I read
that only one of them will be defined in a program. What's wrong with my
code/result?

Everything is right. For a C++ program, __cplusplus is required to be
defined. __STDC__ is required for C programs. For C++, __STDC__
is still allowed, but not required.

Denis