On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 02:32:25PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> + (a) Enclose those statements in a do - while block:
> +
> +     #define macrofun(a, b, c)               \
> +             do {                            \
> +                     if (a == 5)             \
> +                             do_this(b, c);  \
> +             } while (0)

nitpick, please don't add an indentaion level for the do {.  Do this
should look like:

        #define macrofun(a, b, c)       \
        do {                            \
                if (a == 5)             \
                        do_this(b, c);  \
        } while (0)


> + (b) Use the gcc extension that a compound statement enclosed in
> +     parentheses represents an expression:
> +
> +     #define macrofun(a, b, c) ({            \
>               if (a == 5)                     \
>                       do_this(b, c);          \
> -     } while (0)
> +     })

I'd rather document to not use this - it makes the code far less
redable.  And it's a non-standard extension, something we only
use if it provides us a benefit which it doesn't here.

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