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From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Prototyping macros
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Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 14:35:27 EDT
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> Is it possible to do something like:
> 
> #define max(int a, int b)  (a>b ? a : b)

No.  This would require the preprocessor, in compilers that use one, to know a
*lot* more about C than current preprocessors tend to know.
	Guy Harris
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