diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2dbe5df88..fcbc69800 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+2008-08-24 Paolo Nenzi
+ * src/main.c: Moved the #ifdef CIDER declaration. Machine accuracy limits now are
+   defined even if CIDER is not compiled. This is needed for the subsequent integration
+   of TCL patch.  
+
 2008-06-14 Holger Vogt
- * eamples/numparam: adapt examples to new numparam code
+ * examples/numparam: adapt examples to new numparam code
 
 2008-05-31 Dietmar Warning
  * src/frontend/aspice.c: compliant processing of pid and wait() also under solaris
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 29b8de26a..5907d886d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ char *errRtn;
 char *errMsg;
 char *cp_program;
 
-#ifdef CIDER
+
 /* Globals definitions for Machine Accuracy Limits
  * (needed by CIDER)
  */   
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ double ExpLim;              /* limit for exponential */
 double Accuracy;            /* accuracy of the machine */
 double Acc, MuLim, MutLim;
 
-
+#ifdef CIDER
 /* Global debug flags from CIDER, soon they will become
  * spice variables :)
  */