#define DEBUG... (using printf for debugging)

[Steve Emmerson]

jmm at eci386.uucp (John Macdonald) writes:

>Try the following instead:

>    #ifdef DEBUG_PRINT_ON
>    #   define DEBUG printf
>    #else
>    #   define DEBUG(ignore)
>    #endif

>To insert a DEBUG-conditional printf use:

>    DEBUG( "format", args, ... );

>(no double parens or other funny syntax required, it just looks like
>a function call)

Be aware that some C compilers will have problems with the above due to
an "argument mismatch" between the usage of the macro and its definition.

Steve Emmerson        steve at unidata.ucar.edu        ...!ncar!unidata!steve