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Re: macro conventions

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: macro conventions
Date 2011-05-15 06:50 -0700
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ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> writes:
[...]
> The actual 'rules' and conventions are more complicated and others
> will be along shortly to quote chapter and verse. However, in order to
> avoid collisions, best practice is simply never create a macro with an
> underscore for your own use and use always use uppercase.

TO be clear, it's leading underscores that should be avoided.  FOO_BAR,
for example, is perfectly ok.  Trailing underscores are also ok, though
I wouldn't use them without a good reason.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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macro conventions "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-13 12:56 -0400
  Re: macro conventions pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-13 13:08 -0400
  Re: macro conventions Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-13 13:14 -0400
    Re: macro conventions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-13 11:41 -0700
      Re: macro conventions "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-14 23:08 -0400
  Re: macro conventions ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-05-13 13:15 -0500
    Re: macro conventions "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-14 23:11 -0400
    Re: macro conventions "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-05-15 04:00 -0400
      Re: macro conventions Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-15 11:15 +0000
        Re: macro conventions Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-16 04:36 +0300
          Re: macro conventions Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2011-05-16 09:56 +0000
            Re: macro conventions Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-16 19:00 +0300
            Re: macro conventions Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-16 19:10 +0000
              Re: macro conventions Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-05-22 21:27 +0300
    Re: macro conventions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-15 06:50 -0700
      Re: macro conventions Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2011-05-15 08:29 -0700
        Re: macro conventions Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-16 07:40 +1200
          Re: macro conventions "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2011-05-15 14:52 -0500
      Re: macro conventions ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2011-05-16 02:22 -0500
        Re: macro conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-16 14:18 +0100
          Re: macro conventions David Resnick <lndresnick@gmail.com> - 2011-05-16 08:03 -0700
            Re: macro conventions Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-16 17:32 +0100
        Re: macro conventions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-16 08:43 -0700
          Re: macro conventions Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-05-16 14:47 -0700

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