{"id":17903,"date":"2022-10-27T18:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-is-using-keyword-a-preprocesor-directive\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T18:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:56:53","slug":"solved-is-using-keyword-a-preprocesor-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-is-using-keyword-a-preprocesor-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Is &#8216;using&#8217; keyword a preprocesor directive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-48220890\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"48220890\" data-parentid=\"48220766\" data-score=\"-1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Why do you think a keyword is a preprocessor directive? They are two substantially different things.<\/p>\n<p>To make it clear, a preprocessor directive <strong>always<\/strong> starts with a hash and must occupy at least a whole line. A keyword is instead a &#8220;word&#8221; (may contain underscores). So they have no commonness.<\/p>\n<p>Your answers:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Is the directive <code>using<\/code> a preprocessor directive?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No. It is a directive but not a <strong>preprocessor<\/strong> directive<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Is it handled by the preprocessor or the compiler?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s handled by the compiler, as a &#8220;directive&#8221; for name lookup.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Also, what is a directive?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can safely believe whatever that doesn&#8217;t compiles into actual, executable code is directive. This is a very broad question and a full answer won&#8217;t fit here.<\/p>\n<p>You may want to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/directive\">look up &#8220;directive&#8221; in a dictionary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Is &#8216;using&#8217; a directive or a keyword?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Am I right in understanding that All directives are not &#8216;pre-processor directive&#8217; but all preprocessor directives are directives?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Probably right. That makes sense.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">3<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Is &#8216;using&#8217; keyword a preprocesor directive? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Why do you think a keyword is a preprocessor directive? They are two substantially different things. 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