Defining symbols for a contract at compile time - how?

Question

supposing I have a contract declaration in file t.cpp as follows:

class [[eosio::contract("__CONTRACT__")]] token : public contract {

I would expect to be able to compile it like this:

$ eosio-cpp -D__CONTRACT__=t t.cpp -o t.wasm --abigen

but when I try, I get an empty ABI file.

if I look at what the preprocessor is producing:

$ eosio-cpp -D__CONTRACT__=t -E -dD t.cpp  -o - |grep __CONTRACT__

it looks right:

> #define __CONTRACT__ t
> class [[eosio::contract("__CONTRACT__")]] token : public contract {

and I get further confirmation because if I specify the name during compilation everything works just fine:

$ eosio-cpp t.cpp -o t.wasm --abigen --contract=__CONTRACT__

so are preprocessor symbols just not supported by eosio-cpp as they are in standard C/C++ compilers?

Answer 1

I'd start by removing the quotes from "__CONTRACT__". Anything in quotes is a string literal, and should not get replaced.

If you need the quotes right there, try specifying the quoted string on the right side of the definition, like #define __CONTRACT__ "t".