context-independent macros

[jim at ISM780B.UUCP]

>So the solution is to write the macro to only use an expression:
>
>        #define assert(x)       ((x)? 0: complain ("x not true"))
>or
>        #define assert(x)       ((x) || complain ("x not true"))
>
>I think everybody will find the first form clearer except sh programmers. :-)

The first form gets "null effect" from lint, but the second form is just
right, and I myself will start using it immediately.  Thanks.

-- Jim Balter, INTERACTIVE Systems (ima!jim)