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From: rbutterworth@orchid.UUCP
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Subject: Re: #if inside #define -- easy to do, but is it a good idea?
Message-ID: <11102@orchid.waterloo.edu>
Date: Thu, 8-Oct-87 09:37:33 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  8 09:37:33 1987
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In article <7454@ism780c.UUCP>, tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
> <     #define USEDARGS	/*ARGUSED*/
> This doesn't do anything useful on the various cpp's I have tried
> it on.  The /*ARGUSED*/ is taken as a comment before the #define
> is processed.

But that was for "COMPILER_C", you probably haven't used the cpp
that comes with that version :-)

There is also:

#if defined(bsd)
#   define USEDARGS //**/*ARGSUSED*/**//
#endif

which works fine on the bsd 4.3 lint.
(The second /**/ isn't needed but make it look more balanced.)