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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Assorted C Questions
Message-ID: <14556@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 8 Sep 89 20:05:01 GMT
References: <4294@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <1989Sep6.160004.19253@utzoo.uucp> <283@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1989Sep7.162354.20722@utzoo.uucp>
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In article <1989Sep7.162354.20722@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>(And the basic point remains: the [function-like macro] name is recognized
>only when there is a '(' after it.)

It should be noted that this feature is new to ANSI C, and should not be
exploited by programs that need to be portable to pre-ANSI environments.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint