Re: Define a larger code block

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Hi Doug,

You're right in general of course, but I still think macros are handy for lots of things like:

#define LogCriticalEvent(val) theApp.LogEventObject._LogEvent(#val, val, _T(__FUNCTION__), __LINE__, 0, true)

Where this would be more difficult to do in a function. I kind of miss being able to do this sort of thing when writing C# code :o)

Tom

"Doug Harrison [MVP]" <dsh@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:16k2a3hojomr6k9q9g79mfjchh9joll1p5@xxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:18:02 -0700, Alan <Alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi,

As I can define something like

#define ABC(x) if(x){x = NULL;}

but how can I define something similar but the code block is relatively
large (like several lines testing different cases, etc)?

Thanks,
Alan

FWIW, in C++, you should almost always write inline functions instead of
macros.

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP

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