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From: desnoyer@Apple.COM (Peter Desnoyers)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: String Constant Concatenation in MPW (ANSI) C
Message-ID: <24885@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Jan 89 21:02:44 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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I don't seem to be able to concatenate string constants when they
are defined as macros - i.e. the following code

#define XXX "aaaaa"
	printf( "I    " "aaaaa" );	/* no macro */
	printf( "I    " XXX );		/* macro */

results in the following error:
#	printf( "I    " "aaaaa" );	/* macro */
#	                       ?  		            
### Error 24 ')' expected 
[... other messages ]

The code compiles properly when "aaaaa" is used, but not when I use
the macro for "aaaaa". 

Am I really not allowed to do this in ANSI C? Or is this a
bug in the MPW C compiler?

				Peter Desnoyers