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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 15:35:53 +0100
From: Stephen Thomas <stephen.thomas@insignia.com>
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Joseph Carter wrote:
> This doesn't follow in my mind.  I can't think of a case where a { ... }
> would fail, but a do { ... } while (0) would succeed.  The former would
> also save a few keystrokes.

#define FOO(x) { wibble(x); wobble((x)+1);}

   if (something)
      FOO(23);
   else            /* Compile goes crump here. */
      another_thing();


Stephen Thomas
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