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## is a godsend.  From "z1.CPP" in "Jeff-Relf.Me/z1.ZIP":

#define  ＼( t, aTop ) {  while ( ++i < PlotDays && !aTop[ i ] );  if ( i >= PlotDays ) continue ;  i--, h = zHr = zDay = 0 ;  \
   Rel##t:    _i = i ;  \
   while ( rv = 0, ++i < PlotDays && i - _i < 2 && ( h = aTop[ i ], Wig = .5f*( !zHr ? 1 : i - zDay ), rv = h > zHr - Wig && ( !zHr || h < zHr + Wig ), !rv ) );  \
   if ( rv ) { zHr = h, zDay = i + h/24, _i = i ;  goto Rel##t ;  }   if ( !zDay ) continue ; \
   i = zDay + 12, DayCol = zDay - Day0, h = _24( zHr ), rv = Round( h ), *sChr( rv, zDay ) = L'\\', t = { 0, 0, iSurVerb, 0, zDay, zHr };  }

Bowman:
> With a little "creativity" you can create [obfuscated] functions
> that you never see unless you look at the preprocessor output.

The same (foolish) argument is used to put down "goto".

"#define" is the only way to define a child function
smack dab in the middle of its parent function,
retaining the parent's variables right there, in close proximity
-- C++ (kinda) tries but fails in comparison.

If things get hairy, manually expand the macro,
to debug it, before turning it back into a macro again.

P.S. "Squid Game" is a 9 episode TV show made in Korea.
Well worth watching.
In comparison, Hollywood is a rotting corpse.