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From: "Alex Lozano" <alex AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Gary AT bbs DOT st DOT net DOT au (Gary)
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 10:09:08 +3
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Subject: Re: Puzzled:Allegro Code
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Gary wrote:

> Hello all,I am a learner of C and are somewhat puzzled by some code I've come
> across in Allegro,namely in allegro.h where it states as follows
> #define END_OF_FUNCTION(x)   x##_end(){}
> I have searched through all the allegro and system includes and have not found
> any reference to the expression  x##_end(){} 
 
AFAIK, ## symbol in a string is a way to concatenate strings in a macro 
definition and it's related to C language. In this case, for example if 
you write in your code 

  END_OF_FUNCTION(foo)

It will be replaced by the compiler with:

  foo_end(){}  

I don't know if the above answer your question but I hope this help.

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