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Authors: WG21, WG21
Date: 2004-10-26
Reference document: ISO/IEC WG14 N1068
Submitted against: C99
Status: Fixed
Fixed in: C99 TC3
Converted from: summary-c99.htm, dr_307.htm
Obviously, what appear in the definition syntax of a function-like macro are not its arguments, but its parameters. On the other hand, what is similar syntactically to a function call is obviously the invocation of the macro, not its definition. Clearly, there is confusion about whether this sentence is talking about the definition or an invocation.
Perhaps it would be clearer yet to say something like, "a function-like macro which takes arguments, similarly syntactically to a function call".
Change 6.10.3p10:
A preprocessing directive of the form
# defineidentifier lparen identifier-listopt)replacement-list new-line
# defineidentifier lparen... )replacement-list new-line
# defineidentifier lparen identifier-list, ... )replacement-list new-linedefines a function-like macro with
argumentsparameters, similar syntactically to a function call.
Comment from WG14 on 2006-03-05:
Change 6.10.3p10:
A preprocessing directive of the form
# defineidentifier lparen identifier-listopt)replacement-list new-line
# defineidentifier lparen... )replacement-list new-line
# defineidentifier lparen identifier-list, ... )replacement-list new-linedefines a function-like macro with
argumentsparameters, whose use is similar syntactically to a function call.