#error preprocessor example in c

/******************************************************************* * File : hash-error.c * Author : saurabhgupta * Description : #error preprocessor example in c * Date revised : PM 01:07 25 March 2012 * Source : http://www.ccplusplus.com/p/c.html * Note : *******************************************************************/ #include <stdio.h> //#define CCPLUSPLUS "ccplusplus" int main () { #ifndef CCPLUSPLUS #error ccplusplus is required #endif return 0; } /* * OUTPUT, you will get the compilation error here as ccplusplus we have not defined * [sgupta@rhel6x64 c]$ gcc -o hash-error hash-error.c hash-error.c:15:10: error: #error ccplusplus is required [sgupta@rhel6x64 c]$ */