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| From | James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Mechanism to generate annotated "error codes" |
| Date | 2012-03-03 06:19 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jisuok$nco$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <jiojq3$3cm$1@speranza.aioe.org><error-codes-20120302005428-Supersedes@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de><jipsv0$rkd$1@speranza.aioe.org> <lnr4xb71y6.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <jisrsd$b8j$1@dont-email.me> |
On 03/03/2012 05:30 AM, BartC wrote:
> "Keith Thompson" <kst-u@mib.org> wrote in message
> news:lnr4xb71y6.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org...
...
>> A minor point: parenthesizing macro definitions is a good habit, but
>> it's not necessary when the macro expands to a single token. This:
>>
>> #define ABSOLUTELY 27
>>
>> is just as safe as
>>
>> #define ABSOLUTELY (27)
>
> What happens when someone experiments with the value 27 by trying this:
>
> #define ABSOLUTELY 27+1
The same thing that happens when somebody experiments as follows:
#define ABSOLUTELY (27)+1
Or
#define ABSOLUTELY (27)+(1)
If someone doesn't understand why the parenthesis are unnecessary for
(27), then that person can't be counted on to understand whey they are
necessary in (27+1). For such a person, it may be best to parenthesize
everything, just to be safe - the compiler will almost certainly
complain if someone attempts string literal merging with a parenthesized
string literal. I think it's preferable, however, to gain the small
amount of additional understanding needed to realize why (27) is in fact
unnecessary, and ("Absolutely") may actually be a problem.
--
James Kuyper
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