On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:17:08 -0500, dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:43:55AM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > | dman wrote: > | > | > However the thing to remember about macros is that they are textual > | > substituation. It is effectively the same thing as writing the > | > assignment yourself. > | > | So? > > The point there was that it isn't a feature of the language.
Well, actually the C preprocessor *is* a part of the language. So, the hell of C, and C++ by extension, means you really need to learn two languages... But the preprocessor macro language is even more confusing than the C part. Consider the # and ## operators. More than simple textual substitution is going on. -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>