🚀 go-pugleaf

lele@itnsg1.cineca.it (Lele Gaifax) writes:

>I was wondering on this for enough time... 
>From the GNU point of view, is there valid reason to not extend the #define
>syntax so to avoid using backslashes to build a long definition? Maybe an 
>example would be clear:

>so why not extend the preproc to handle a more complex construct like

>#defmacro foobar(arg_one, arg_two)	{
>					  if (dummy_function (arg_one)) 
>					    arg_two = other_dummy (arg_two); 
>					  else 
>					    arg_two = arg_one; 
>					}
>#endmacro

>And since this would be a GNU extension to the C language, it should disappear
>if the compiler gets invoked with --ansi or similar... 

I think it is not worth the effort. However, use of inline functions under
C as in C++ would be a boon. In C++ long defines are out for that reason.
In fact, my preprocessor is almost only doing includes.