What should be added to C

augart augart at h-sc2.UUCP
Tue May 27 21:09:57 AEST 1986


>>> o The ability to define multi-line pre-processor macros, using #begdef and
>>> #enddef statements.  #if and other conditionals in the body of the
>>> definition would be evaluated when the macro was not interpreted, not when
>>> it is encountered.
>>
>>Why would you want to use it?
>
>When your macro won't fit on a line, and/or you want to use #if's etc
>as part of the macro, obviously. 

If your macro won't fit on a line, you can already handle this problem by
finishing off each line except the last with a backslash.
The other addition would be a win, though.

Steven Augart
swa at xx.lcs.mit.edu



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