From: ovek AT arcticnet DOT no (Ove Kaaven)
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Subject: Re: Some comments and questions
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 03:07:04 GMT
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mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot) wrote:

>#include <stdio.h>

>#define psize(a,b) printf ("Size of %s: %d\n",a,sizeof(b));

To respect the compulsory laziness of new programmers, make this macro
take only one parameter, like this:

#define psize(a) printf("Size of %s %d\n",#a,a);

int main(void) {
 psize(char);
 psize(short);
 ...

(I use such preprocessor tricks often when macro-fying common inline
assembler constructs... but it often requires some will to RTFM...
(which, btw, means Read The Forgotten Manual according to Usenet
documents I've "RTFM-ed"... the other meaning of the F is probably
common slang, which I do not prefer to use))