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From: swj@omni.ECE.CMU.EDU (Sea Way Jan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: do{..}while 0 (using MACRO)
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Date: 16 Aug 90 17:21:02 GMT
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I have been following this "do{stmt1;stmt2;...}while 0" suggestion for
MACROs. I have a question that is bothering me for a while:

Why bother use 

#define MACRO(..) do{stmt1;stmt2;...}while 0

when you can just use:

#define MACRO(..) {stmt1;stmt2;...}

Any explanation will be appreciated.
Seaway Jan
Carnegie Mellon