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From: dgil@pa.reuter.COM (Dave Gillett)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: structured entry of #if preprocessor commands
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Date: 11 Feb 91 23:41:08 GMT
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In <1991Feb10.063915.5476@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umsmigie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jason Smigiel) writes:

>Is it common practice not to structure preprocessor commands in ANSI C?
                              ^^^^^^^^^

     The word "structure", as a noun and a verb, has a variety of meanings
that are useful in a programming context.

     However, its use as a verb synonymous (according to Jason's example) with
"indent" is not among those.  Indentation is commonly used as a technique to
make structure visible, but it is not structure in a programming sense and
should never be mistaken for it.

                                                Dave