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.. _conditional_compilation:
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Conditional Compilation
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Spicy scripts offer a basic form of conditional compilation through
``@if``/``@else``/``@endif`` blocks, similar to a C preprocessor. For
now, this supports only a couple types of conditions that are useful
for feature and version testing. For example, the following
``@if``/``@else`` block branches to different code based on the Spicy
version:
.. spicy-code::
@if SPICY_VERSION < 10401
<code for Spicy versions older than 1.4.1>
@else
<code for Spicy versions equal or newer than 1.4.1>
@endif
``@if`` directives can take one of the following forms:
``@if [!] IDENTIFIER OPERATOR VALUE``
Compares the value of ``IDENTIFIER`` against ``VALUE``.
Supported comparison operators are ``==``, ``!=``, ``<``,
``<=``, ``>``, ``>=``. See below for valid identifiers. If an
identifier is not defined, its value is assumed to be
zero.
``@if [!] IDENTIFIER``
This is a shortcut for ``@if [!] IDENTIFIER != 0``.
By default, Spicy currently provides just one pre-defined identifier:
``SPICY_VERSION``
The current Spicy version in numerical format (e.g., 10000 for
version 1.0; see the output of ``spicy-config --version-number``).
.. note::
When using Spicy with Zeek, Zeek defines a couple of :zeek:`additional
identifiers <devel/spicy/reference.html#conditional-compilation>`.