Questions tagged [preprocessor]
Use this tag for questions about tools that manipulate source code before the primary compilation step, and language designs relying on them
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Is it possible to apply # to a string literal resulting from another # in C?
In implementing the C preprocessor, I'm considering implementing the # operator not as converting the token sequence to a string literal, but to a special "...
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If this is the actual behavior of c preprocessor, then how should I interpret the standard if I were to implement it?
In the C standard, there's this:
A parameter in the replacement list, ..., is replaced by the corresponding argument after all macros contained therein have been expanded.
It's in Section 6.10.x.x, ...
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How would you implement a language in which the function-name could be separated from function arguments two different ways?
Suppose that there was a programming language in which there were two different syntaxes for function calls.
An example of this is shown below:
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How can the pitfalls of preprocessor macros be mitigated/avoided?
A controversial topic among programming language designers is preprocessor macros such as #define directives in C. They can cause problems if used incorrectly.
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