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From:	"RH" <rdh AT wt DOT net>
To:	<pgcc AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: What's up with this??
Date:	Thu, 6 Jul 2000 13:01:42 -0600
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That's what I would have thought.  Adding braces should be enough?

Consider a macro like this:

#define doit() { call_something(); call_something_else(); }

And then this:

if ()
   doit();

Becomes
if ()
    { call_something(); call_something_else();};

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Antony Suter <antony AT mira DOT net>
To: <pgcc AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: What's up with this??


> What is the two line explanation as to why it cant be:-
> 
> { \
> /* stuff */ \
> }
> 
> George France wrote:
> > 
> > It is not moot; it is so that inline macro's expand properly. See the gcc or
> > linux-kernel archives for more details.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RH [mailto:rdh AT wt DOT net]
> > 
> > I have been wondering why in the world is code mostly in macros of the form.
> > 
> > do {
> >     /*stuff*/
> > while(0);
> > 
> > I don't get this... Seems stupid and pointless.  So I would just like an
> > explination and if its moot now a days, why don't people start removing
> > them...
> 
> --
> - Antony Suter  (antony AT mira DOT net)  'Examiner'
> - "And how do you store the nuclear equivalent of the universal
> solvent?"
> 

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