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From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Subject: Re: Recursive Definitions: Trouble or Bad news?
Message-ID: <1989Oct12.194538.19746@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
References: <7657@cdis-1.uucp>
Date: 12 Oct 89 23:45:38 GMT

tanner@cdis-1.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) writes:
>	#define BLUNGE BLUNGE
>Intended use is to "remember" that we have done a "typedef" by
>defining a preprocessor symbol which has the same name as the type.

Why not use a different symbol?  Seems like an unnecessary complication.