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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM
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Subject: Conditional compilation
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Date: 14 Mar 91 22:11:31 GMT
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> I don't like [IF] because it puts the brackets in what will sometimes
> be the wrong place. In a definition one would have to use
>      [ condition [IF] ]

Since [IF] is immediate, the correct usage would be:

        [ condition ]  [IF]

If you put [IF] inside [  ] , then the right bracket (]) would be skipped.

Mitch Bradley, wmb@Eng.Sun.COM