From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Borland library macro equivalent?
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:22:47 -0700
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> Ha!  That's GCC we are using, remember?  We don't need to suffer from no
> steenking double-evaluating compilers anymore:
> 
>         #define max(a,b) ({ typeof(a) _tmp_a = (a); \
>                             typeof(b) _tmp_b = (b); \
>                             (_tmp_a > _tmp_b) ? _tmp_a : _tmp_b; })

Is that C or C++ you're talking about?  I thought only C++ let you
declare variables anywhere other than at the beginning of a block.  Or
is this a special extension to the macro facility?

Hmm, I guess I'd better go look through the docs some more.  ;)

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John M. Aldrich <fighteer AT cs DOT com>                      

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