can I get the preprocessor to disallow backslashes in #include file paths?

Question

The C preprocessor in Visual Studio allows either forward or back slashes in the quoted string following a #include directive. 

I'd like to disallow backslashes, so people working with Visual Studio wouldn't check code into the SCM repository that doesn't compile on other compilers.

#include "path\to\foo.h"  // breaks the build

Answer 1

I don't think that is possible, directly.

You could, easily enough, write a Visual Studio macro which executes on the file save event that would correct those kind of mistakes.

Answer 2

Hello Eric,

I agree with Simon. You can write some Macro or add-in to check this. If you have any difficulty in writing the Macro, you can post on the VSX forum. The forum discusses Visual Studio Extensibility (VSX), including the Visual Studio SDK, add-ins, and macros.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsx

Thanks,
Rong-Chun Zhang
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Answer 3

Hello Eirc,

Have you got any progress on this issue? Would you mind letting me know the result of the suggestions? If you have any additional question, welcome to post here.

Have a great day!

Thanks,
Rong-Chun Zhang
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