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Re: Numeric constants as strings

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 20, 2007, 13:06 UTC
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Andy Parkins wrote:
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> On Monday 2007 February 19 10:04, Mark Wooding wrote:
> 
>> #define STRINGIFY(foo) STRINGIFY_REALLY(foo)
>> #define STRINGIFY_REALLY(foo) #foo
>>   printf("%-" STRINGIFY(HASH_WIDTH_ASCII) "s %s%s (%d subtrees)\n",
> 
> Ah ha!  Magical.  You've taught me something there.  Thanks.

This trick is in the cpp documentation. (cpp.info.gz)Stringification

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Jakub Narebski
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  1. Andy ParkinsFeb 19, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceFeb 19, 2007
  4. Matthieu MoyFeb 19, 2007
  5. Andy ParkinsFeb 19, 2007
  6. Andy ParkinsFeb 19, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2007
  8. Andy ParkinsFeb 19, 2007
  9. Mark WoodingFeb 19, 2007
  10. Andy ParkinsFeb 19, 2007
  11. Jakub NarebskiFeb 20, 2007

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