On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:49:29 +0200, Jerry Stuckle
<jstuckle@attglobal.net> wrote:
While I agree with much of what you said, I definitely disagree with
your comments on macros. C was probably the 10th or so language I
learned, close to 30 years ago. I found macros, when PROPERLY used,
can be quite helpful in making code clearer and more understandable.
The trick is to know when to use them and when not, to document them
well, and most important, pick good names for the macros. Also, the
convention of using all caps for macro names is good; it tells the
reader this is a macro being used, and not a function call.
+1
I programmed 65xx Assembler with and without macro editor and I suspect
that somebody who know what (s)he does when programming in C, can use
macros to optimize C code, while for Assembler, it simply is less to
type, less to think about, when using macros, Assembler always is
optimized code.