Re: macro

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:28:39 -0400
Message-ID:
<9u6dnecK0JXa6L7anZ2dnUVZ_tOtnZ2d@comcast.com>
nick4ng@googlemail.com wrote:

On Oct 27, 5:53 pm, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:

nick...@googlemail.com wrote:

I need to do something like this

#define P1(x) int x##__LINE__ = __LINE__;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
 P1(a);
 P1(a);
}

I mean that the macro should be expanded in this way:

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
 int a3 = 3;
 int a4 = 4;
}

but the code above does not work.

How would you implement it?


You need a second level of indirection to use the ## :

#define TOGETHER(a,b) a##b
#define P1(x) int TOGETHER(x,__LINE__) = __LINE__

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I tried something like this (this is why my macro is called P1: there
was a P2). It looks like it does not work.
I am using VS 2005. The error message at compile time is: error C2374:
'a__LINE__': redefinition...

The code I run is:

#define TOGETHER(a,b) a##b
#define P1(x) int TOGETHER(x,__LINE__) = __LINE__;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
 P1(a);
 P1(a);
}


Right. Sorry. Another level of indirection is needed:

    #define TOGETHER(a,b) a ## b
    #define TOGETHER2(a,b) TOGETHER(a,b)
    #define P1(x) int TOGETHER2(x,__LINE__) = __LINE__
    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
        P1(a);
        P1(a);
    }

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