Re: Process only sections of a file? (newbie)

Gary wrote:
> To make sure I don't include the same code twice, each chunk's
> file uses a typical C/C++ -like guard
[snip]
> the equivalent m4 would be something like:
> ,----
> | ifdef(`FOO', `',
> | define(`FOO')
> | /*
> | php code
> | */
> | )
> `----
>
> (I think! although actually it doesn't seem to work if the define line
> is included, so presumably I am going something wrong there)

Okay, well I figured that bit out -
,----
| ifdef(`FOO', `',
| /*
| php code
| */
| )
| define(`FOO')
`----
seems to work. although I confess I don't know why the previous version
doesn't.