This is quite similar to GCC define function-like macros using -D argument but I couldn't find a relation to my use case.
Consider the following code, main.c
:
#include <stdio.h>
const char greeting[] = "hello world";
//#define printf(fmt, ...) (0)
int main() {
printf("%s!\n", greeting);
return 0;
}
If I compile and run this, it works as expected:
$ gcc -Wall -g main.c -o main.exe
$ ./main.exe
hello world!
$
Ok, now I want to How to disable printf function? so I uncomment the #define
in the code; I get some warnings, but things again work as as expected (as there is no printout):
$ gcc -Wall -g main.c -o main.exe
main.c: In function 'main':
main.c:5:26: warning: statement with no effect [-Wunused-value]
5 | #define printf(fmt, ...) (0)
| ^
main.c:8:5: note: in expansion of macro 'printf'
8 | printf("%s!\n", greeting);
| ^~~~~~
$ ./main.exe
$
Now, go back to the example as originally posted - that is, comment the #define
like - and let's try to set that define via the command-line -D argument:
$ gcc -Wall -D'printf(fmt, ...)=(0)' -g main.c -o main.exe
<command-line>: error: expected identifier or '(' before numeric constant
main.c: In function 'main':
<command-line>: warning: statement with no effect [-Wunused-value]
main.c:8:5: note: in expansion of macro 'printf'
8 | printf("%s!\n", greeting);
| ^~~~~~
Well, the command line argument -D'printf(fmt, ...)=(0)'
causes the compilation to fail.
Is there any way I can format this macro somehow, so I can set it via the gcc command line using the -D argument? (Bonus: can it be formulated somehow, so it does not raise warnings like "statement with no effect")
EDIT: contents of C:/msys64/mingw64/include/stdio.h lines 366 to 372:
366 __mingw_ovr
367 __attribute__((__format__ (gnu_printf, 1, 2))) __MINGW_ATTRIB_NONNULL(1)
368 int printf (const char *__format, ...)
369 {
370 int __retval;
371 __builtin_va_list __local_argv; __builtin_va_start( __local_argv, __format );
372 __retval = __mingw_vfprintf( stdout, __format, __local_argv );
373 __builtin_va_end( __local_argv );
374 return __retval;
375 }