diff --git a/generator/cpp2ffi.lua b/generator/cpp2ffi.lua
index a15939a..2d0b686 100644
--- a/generator/cpp2ffi.lua
+++ b/generator/cpp2ffi.lua
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ M.serializeTableF = function(t)
 	return M.serializeTable("defs",t).."\nreturn defs"
 end
 --iterates lines from a gcc/clang -E in a specific location
-local function location(file,locpathT,defines)
+local function location(file,locpathT,defines,COMPILER)
 	local define_re = "^#define%s+([^%s]+)%s+([^%s]+)$"
 	local number_re = "^-?[0-9]+u*$"
 	local hex_re = "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+u*$"
@@ -1300,6 +1300,7 @@ local function location(file,locpathT,defines)
     else --gcc, clang
         location_re = '^# (%d+) "([^"]*)"'
     end
+
     local path_reT = {}
     for i,locpath in ipairs(locpathT) do
         table.insert(path_reT,'^.*[\\/]('..locpath..')%.h$')
@@ -1325,6 +1326,7 @@ local function location(file,locpathT,defines)
             if #line==0 then --nothing on emptyline
             elseif not line:match("%S") then --nothing if only spaces
             elseif line:sub(1,1) == "#" then
+			--elseif line:match"^%s*#" then
                 -- Is this a location pragma?
                 local loc_num_t,location_match = line:match(location_re)
                 if location_match then
diff --git a/generator/generator.lua b/generator/generator.lua
index 0bc7152..6d60af0 100644
--- a/generator/generator.lua
+++ b/generator/generator.lua
@@ -553,7 +553,15 @@ local function parseImGuiHeader(header,names)
 	local iterator = (HAVE_COMPILER and cpp2ffi.location) or filelines
 	
 	local tableo = {}
-	for line,loca,loca2 in iterator(pipe,names,{}) do
+	--[[
+	local line
+	repeat 
+		line =pipe:read"*l"
+		table.insert(tableo,line)
+	until not line
+	cpp2ffi.save_data("cdefs1.lua",table.concat(tableo,"\n"))
+	--]]
+	for line,loca,loca2 in iterator(pipe,names,{},COMPILER) do
 		parser:insert(line)
 		--table.insert(tableo,line)
 		--print(loca,loca2)
@@ -719,7 +727,7 @@ if #implementations > 0 then
         
         local iterator = (HAVE_COMPILER and cpp2ffi.location) or filelines
         
-        for line,locat in iterator(pipe,{locati},{}) do
+        for line,locat in iterator(pipe,{locati},{},COMPILER) do
             --local line, comment = split_comment(line)
 			parser2:insert(line)
         end