On 04.05 Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
> Try this and watch your compiler complaining:
>
> #define foo() { }
> #define bar() do { } while (0)
> void mumble ()
> {
> if (1) foo(); else bar();
> if (2) bar(); else foo();
> }
>
Perhaps it is time to USE gcc, yet the kernel can be built only with gcc.
IE, use statement expressions.
Try this:
#define foo() ({ })
#define bar() do { } while (0)
void mumble ()
{
if (1) foo(); else bar();
if (2) bar(); else foo();
}
and see you compiler shutup.
You can even declare vars inside the ({ ... }) block,
so all the
#define bar(x) do { use_1(x); use_2(x); } while (0)
could be written like:
#define bar(x) ({ use_1(x); use_2(x); })
Even you can use <typeof>:
#define swap(a,b) \
({ typeof(a) tmp = a; \
a = b; \
b = tmp; \
})
int main()
{
int a,b;
double c,d;
swap(a,b);
swap(c,d);
}
Its correct in egcs-1.1.2 and up, so it is safe for use in kernel 2.4.
Do not know if previuous gcc eats it up.
-- J.A. Magallon # Let the source mailto:jamagallon@able.es # be with you, Luke...Linux werewolf 2.4.3-ac3 #1 SMP Thu Apr 5 00:28:45 CEST 2001 i686
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