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		winocm 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Recursive macros in C, demystified (once the ugly ... Mildly related, sort of, one can prevent expansion of variadic macros as follows: `#define printf(...) int (printf)(const char *, ...);` I keep on seeing many random code bases just resort to #undef instead...

pwdisswordfishy 5 months ago [–]

Doesn't this trigger warnings?

joriatsy 5 months ago | [–]

Function like macros literally requires name( , i.e name followed directly by open paren, otherwise no macro substitution occurs. so (name)() will always suppress function like macros (but not non-function ones, i.e regular #define name xxx)

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