M4 throwing error

[Anupama Lath]

Hi ,

 

I am testing some source code that originally ran on Solaris using Solaris m4. I am testing it using GNU m4.

I get an error when I run this piece of code. Please help me fix this.

 

Thanks,

Anupama.

 

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define(GEN_LABEL_2, `define(`y',incr(y)) `label'y:')

 

GEN_LABEL_2()

 

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=========================ERROR=================

>>m4 targCP.ipu

>>targCP.ipu:3: m4: Non-numeric argument to built-in `incr’

=========================ERROR=================

 

Documentation referred at  http://owen.sj.ca.us/rkowen/howto/webpaging/m4tipsquote.html

Section : When not to Quote Macro Arguments

 

 

 

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