Re: macors and semicolons

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From: Robert E. Lancia
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 12:35

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In article <1991Jun24.213932.595@otago.ac.nz> andrew@otago.ac.nz writes:
>I often get pissed off with the C pre-processor.  Here is one thats been
>getting up my wick for months.
>
>#define SWAP(a, b) {int c;  c = a; a = b; b = c}
                                               ^^

Notice that Andrew, as well as most of the replies I've seen so far,
forgot the semi-colon after the b=c assignment.

>
[ . . . stuff deleted . . . ]
>Andrew
>andrew@otago.ac.nz


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Subject: Re: macors and semicolons
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