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Re: A variation of #

From lawrence.jones@siemens.com
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: A variation of #
Date 2011-11-07 17:53 -0500
Organization Siemens PLM Software
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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #define TRICAT(a, b, c) a ## b ## c
> #define CHAR(a, b, c) TRICAT(a, b, c)
> 
> #define CASE1 x
> 
...
>     case CHAR('
>         , CASE1, '
>         ): break;

Nice try, but no cigar.  The ## operator requires that the result be a
valid pp-token and, depending on the order in which the operators are
evaluated, you either end up with 'x or x', neither of which are valid
pp-tokens.
-- 
Larry Jones

You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid?  Well MINE are even WORSE!
-- Calvin

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A variation of # Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 10:53 -0800
  Re: A variation of # Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-08 07:59 +1300
    Re: A variation of # Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 11:11 -0800
      Re: A variation of # James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-07 15:07 -0500
        Re: A variation of # lawrence.jones@siemens.com - 2011-11-07 17:53 -0500
          Re: A variation of # James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-07 18:31 -0500
            Re: A variation of # lawrence.jones@siemens.com - 2011-11-08 09:16 -0500
          Re: A variation of # Thad Smith <ThadSmith@acm.org> - 2011-11-07 19:51 -0700
          Re: A variation of # Harald van Dijk <truedfx@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 09:01 -0800
            Re: A variation of # James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-08 12:15 -0500
        Re: A variation of # Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 17:32 -0800
          Re: A variation of # James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-11-07 21:17 -0500
    Re: A variation of # Andrey Vul <andrey.vul@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 11:08 -0800
  Re: A variation of # Peter Nilsson <airia@acay.com.au> - 2011-11-07 16:46 -0800

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