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From: karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: macros with parameters in MSC 5.0
Message-ID: <2631@haddock.ISC.COM>
Date: 18 Feb 88 18:01:18 GMT
References: <11879@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
Lines: 13
Summary: That bastard CTRL macro rears its ugly head again

In article <11879@brl-adm.ARPA> jbaker@ee.UCLA.EDU (Joe Baker) writes:
>  #define ctl(c) ('c'&037)
>... is not allowed in MSC5.0

Nor in ANSI C.

>What is the Right Way to do this?

Change the definition to "#define ctl(c) ((c)&037)" and write "ctl('P')"
rather than "ctl(P)".  You may also want to change the name, in case you
overlook some references.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint