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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Re: preprocessing
Message-ID: <1991Jan22.053006.28362@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 22 Jan 91 05:30:06 GMT
References: <1.UUL1.3#8618@softrue.UUCP>
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In article <1.UUL1.3#8618@softrue.UUCP> kearns@softrue.UUCP (Steven Kearns) writes:

>#define one(a, b)  a b
>What does "one((c,d), {c,d})" expand to?
>If {} are considered parentheses, then arm 16.3 would suggest
>"(c,d) {c,d}", otherwise I might expect an error because
>it is interpreted as one("(c,d)", "{c", "d}").

The "otherwise" is correct; you should get an error.
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Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
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