Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Explain a second alternative for multi-linemacros.

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Jan 1 2007 18:51, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>> If people want to return something from a ({ }) construct, they should do
>> it
>> explicitly, e.g.
>> 
>> #define setcc(cc) ({ \
>> partial_status &= ~(SW_C0|SW_C1|SW_C2|SW_C3); \
>> partial_status |= (cc) & (SW_C0|SW_C1|SW_C2|SW_C3); \
>> partial_status; \
>> })
>
> No, they generally should use an inline function instead.

Perhaps. But that won't work with defines where typeof is involved.


	-`J'
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