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From: trent@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Ray Trent)
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Subject: Re: #define kinda stuff
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Date: Thu, 10-Apr-86 18:38:29 EST
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Summary: Don't do it, you'll kiiiiiill yourself

[this space for rent]

In article <1458@cwruecmp.UUCP> ryan@cwruecmp.UUCP (Ryan McGuire) writes:
>    Here's what I wanna do:
>
>#define (-: /*
>#define :-) */

I don't know about your C compiler, but MY prepreocessor barfs at
having a macro named "(-:", so I would imagine that even if you get 
/* to (not) expand correctly, this construct will not be portable.

I quote from K&R:

A compiler-control line of the form
	#define identifier token-string
...causes the preprocessor to...(Appendix A, ss 12.1)

and:

Appendix A.2.2: Identifiers
	An identifier is a sequence of letters and digits; the
	first character must be a letter....

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