Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:17:08 -0500, dman <dsh8290@rit.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:43:55AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote:
> | dman wrote:
> |
> | > However the thing to remember about macros is that they are textual
> | > substituation. It is effectively the same thing as writing the
> | > assignment yourself.
> |
> | So?
>
> The point there was that it isn't a feature of the language.
Well, actually the C preprocessor *is* a part of the language. So, the
hell of C, and C++ by extension, means you really need to learn two
languages... But the preprocessor macro language is even more confusing
than the C part. Consider the # and ## operators. More than simple
textual substitution is going on.
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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