William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>
> Alright.
>
> A long time ago I created a bunch of statically linked(a) versions of
> POV-Ray going back through time. Anyhow. Used these to trace the
> introduction of the str/num OK in #ifdef test bug.
> [clip]
> My BIG bet is on the following commit being the problem,
> but I don't have a static compile of it or the one prior to it to
> be sure.
>

Given the current mix of flaws, the use of a string literal still has me
scratching my head...
        #ifdef("...string...")

Alain's and JR's explanation of the expected behavior seems valid; but with a
properly-working #ifdef, should the comparison fail outright (fatal error)? Or
should it still be seen as defined? I'm mostly just curious ;-)

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