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From: Mike Conley <conley.141@osu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Preprocessor evolution
Date: 19 May 2003 15:46:08 -0400
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"Paul Mensonides" <leavings@attbi.com> wrote in
news:Hm0wa.112523$pa5.115889@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net: 

> It would be
> better to leave that alone and allow overloading only of recursive
> macros--simple and straightforward since no name disabling is involved
> (and in isolation, much easier to implement than the normal macro
> expansion mechanics). 


That seems reasonable enough.  It also has the advantage of making all of 
this an extension to the preprocessor, rather than a modification of 
existing behavior.  

-- 
Mike Conley
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