Is this correct action for the c compiler/preprocessor ??

[Herb Chong]

In article <197 at opus.UUCP> rcd at opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) writes:
>Foo.  Come on, folks!  The relevant section of K&R is easy enough to
>find--it's called "Token Replacement".  It's only half a page long and not
>that hard to read.  Read along with me...
>
>	Text inside a string or a character constant is not subject to
>	replacement.
>
>Get it?

i disagree.  K&R does not mention what happens at macro definition
time.  you have just described the case for macro recognition and
substituion.  in fact, K&R's description of the preprocessot leaves a
lot to be desired, and so does the semantic definition of the
language.

Herb Chong...

I'm still user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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