Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 22:01:58 -0800 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: src/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc: proposed change Message-ID: <199601180601.WAA04451@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Jan 1996 22:50:43 MST." <199601180550.WAA04806@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Terry wrote: > Why not: > > movl $ ## FOO,%eax > > Instead? > > If it hits the preprocessor first, it should be no problem. Clever idea, but it won't work. The `##' operator has meaning only within a macro expansion. I double-checked the ANSI C standard, just to make sure. -- John
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