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| From | Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: What if pre-processor was moved to parser? |
| Date | 2017-02-15 15:16 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87lgt7qyan.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink) |
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Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes: > On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 9:38:51 AM UTC-2, Bart wrote: > ... >> I think, if there was a pressing need for something, then I would >> introduce a new language feature for it without resorting to macros as >> seems to be the C solution for everything. And programs full of macros, >> as well as being less readable and causing problems for refactoring, are >> slower to compile. >> >> Since it seems you are thinking of creating a C replacement, you can >> start by investigating existing uses of macros, which may have to go >> further then MISRA, and seeing how they would look as proper features >> directly in the language. > > > Some samples to make the idea clear: > I will allow empty define, constant or constant-expression with () > > C' Grammar: > > define-declaration: > #define identifier > #define identifier constant > #define identifier ( constant-expression ) See below... > Here #define is no more preprocessor. > The constant-expression can be evaluated and the value > is used as a constant. (Like enum constant) > > Sample C' language with no preprocessor: > > #define DEBUG > > //This will not compile (missing ( ) ) > //#define A 1 + 2 > > //This will compile > #define A (1 + 2) If you make this a part of the language, then there is no need to insist on parentheses. But I would urge the use of something other the #define (#substitute?). In fact, there would no longer be any need the use the clumsy line-oriented syntax of the preprocessor. <snip> -- Ben.
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