(* mcPreprocess.def provides a mechanism to invoke the C preprocessor.

Copyright (C) 2015-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by Gaius Mulley <gaius.mulley@southwales.ac.uk>.

This file is part of GNU Modula-2.

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DEFINITION MODULE mcPreprocess ;


FROM DynamicStrings IMPORT String ;


(*
   preprocessModule - preprocess a file, filename, returning the new filename
                      of the preprocessed file.
                      Preprocessing will only occur if requested by the user.
                      If no preprocessing was requested then filename is returned.
                      If preprocessing occurs then a temporary file is created
                      and its name is returned.
                      All temporary files will be deleted when the compiler exits.
*)

PROCEDURE preprocessModule (filename: String) : String ;


END mcPreprocess.