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From: ark@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Making re-#includes harmless--a simple solution?
Message-ID: <7560@alice.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 87 02:30:18 GMT
References: <2000@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <385@doug.UUCP> <3061@pegasus.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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Keywords: C, ANSI C, System V

The trouble with changing the meaning of #include is that
it is sure to break some programs.  Instead, how about this:

	#include {x}
	#include 'x'

Saying {x} is like saying <x> except that you only want x once.
Saying 'x' is like saying "x" except that you only want x once.