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From: sbs@valid.UUCP (Steven Brian McKechnie Sargent)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: #define CTRL(x) followup
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Date: Wed, 12-Nov-86 07:30:21 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 12 07:30:21 1986
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> Thanks to everyone who replied to my question on whether an emulation of
> Reiser cpp's handling of
> 
> 	#define CTRL(x) ('x' & 037)
> 
> could be done in tentative proposed draft ANSI C.
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Guess I came into the discussion late.  What's wrong with the Reiser
treatment (it's always worked for me)?  Sounds like if it doesn't work
in ANSI, then ANSI is breaking its own "don't break working code" rule.

The cheapest way to an emulation of Reiser treatment might be by using
your old buddy, sed(1).  But if ANSI is standardizing that, too, forget
I said anything...


Love,

S.