preprocessor question (non-ANSI)

[david.f.prosser]

In article <174 at eliza.edvvie.at> johnny at edvvie.at (Johann Schweigl) writes:
 >How can I replace a text token by itself, along with some additional text?
 >Example: 
 >EXEC SQL select * from emp;     __curline = 23; EXEC SQL select * from emp;
 >before ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     after ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >
 >#define EXEC __curline = __LINE__; EXEC 
 >is not the solution, cpp would try to resolve EXEC recursively
 >I know, sed is the most natural solution, but I want to do all by including
 >a single file. ANSI is not spoken on my system.

With ANSI C, your example macro definition will work as you desire.

Dave Prosser	...not an official X3J11 answer...