A question about: #define

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From: Torbj|rn T|rnkvist
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 09:02

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I'm wondering if the following preprocessor directive is 
permissible in ANSI C ?

  #define A #define B

I couldn't see from from my Harbison,Steele, "A C Reference Manual", 
if it is ok or not (gcc -ansi -pedantic accept this but the Sun 
ANSI-C compiler does not...).

Thanx !

/Torbjörn , tobbe@erix.ericsson.se
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Subject: A question about: #define
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