Color coding for #ifdef and #ifndef

[joecar]

SlickEdit Pro 2021 (v26.0.0.4 64-bit Qt5)

I observed the following:

#ifndef XXX
if symbol XXX is not defined, the enclosed text is colored as inactive code.

#ifdef XXX
if symbol XXX is not defined, the enclosed text is colored as normal code (i.e. not inactive code).

My $0.02: to be useful, those ^ colorings should be reversed.

When I do GoTo Definition of XXX, it says "No symbols found matching 'XXX'"

[Dennis]

With respect to the inactive code coloring, "defined" is defined as whether it the symbol is in the C/C++ Preprocessing Configuration either for the workspace (Project > Workspace Properties... > C/C++ Preprocessing) or at the language level (Document > C/C++ Options... > C/C++ Preprocessing).

Similarly, "not defined" is defined as something that is configured as a #undef in those same configuration options.

A symbol that is neither "defined" nor "not defined" can go either way, so if you have:

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#ifdef MYSTERY_MEAT
   // active
#else
   // also active
#endif

The color coding uses the C/C++ preprocessing configuration rather than tagging simply for performance, it would be prohibitively slow (and potentially not completely accurate) for color coding to depend on what symbols are defined in tag files.

[joecar]

Ok, thanks for the explanation.