Re: setjmp.h

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From: Christopher R. Volpe
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 17:46

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In article <815241910snz@soliton.demon.co.uk>, Ian Cargill <ian@soliton.demon.co.uk> writes:
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>The standard allows setjmp to be either a macro or an 'identifier 
>with external linkage'.  Why the latter?   

Why not the latter? Why should an implementer be forced to make setjmp a macro
rather than an ordinary function call?

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