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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Quoting C names
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Date: Thu, 15-Nov-84 20:46:30 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 15 20:46:30 1984
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> 
>      Is there any easy way to quote a C name?
> Here is an example where it might be used:
> 
> #define FUNCNAME foo
> 
> void FUNCNAME()
> {
>     static char *myself = QUOTE(FUNCNAME);
> 
>     printf("(I'm in %s)",myself);
> }
> 
>     Note that only FUNCNAME need be changed in order to change the name of
>  the function.
> 
> -brad
> 
>       

You will note that do to an ambiguity in the C book, most of the
popular C compilers will allow you to do this easily by the following:

	#define	QUOTE(x)	"x"

When we typed all the C puzzles in to verify a compiler for the IBM 370
we found the compiler interpreted the statement in the C book the other
way and wouldn't substitute the x.  The above macro will work on the AT&T
C preprocessor and hence all AT&T compilers as well as BSD.

-Ron