I agree that #if defined(...) is better but we don't have a time machine so I'm glad that the proposal isn't accepted. If we are going to keep #ifdef in the lan

I agree that #if defined(...) is better but we don't have a time machine so I'm glad that the proposal isn't accepted. If we are going to keep #ifdef in the language (and we don't really have a choice) we may as well make it consistent and usable.