// This is to foil optimizations in Visual C++ that
// throw out dummy.obj.
-#if 0 && defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(WXMAKINGDLL)
+ // PLEASE DO NOT ALTER THIS.
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(WXMAKINGDLL)
extern char wxDummyChar;
if (wxDummyChar) wxDummyChar++;
#endif