Conditional compilation

[Fernando Pérez]

James J. Besemer wrote:

> Prefix your code segment with
> 
>     if 0:
> 
> and indent it a level.
> 
> This is not as fully general as #ifdef but since even declarations are
> executed at runtime, it'll serve as a way to selectively include or exclude
> blocks of code.
> 

Why not just use #ifdef? ;) I'm only half joking: it would take a few minutes 
to whip up a shell script to run your python code through the gcc 
preprocessor first before passing it to python. As long as you have spaces in 
your normal comments (no #include as a comment), you should be allright, no? 
I haven't actually tried it, so maybe the preprocessor would somehow get 
confused, and yes, it's a bit of a twisted idea. But fun ;)

cheers,

f.