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Re:Macros on Steroids: How pure C can benefit from metaprogr... by ska on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:56PM (#27922793)
> It is basically impossible to provide a "kind" development environment using deep macro trickery.

Unless it's in a language actually designed for meta-programming. Obviously if you are already in a C project this might not be practical, but if you need a lot of it you may just be using the wrong tool for the job.

Re:Macros on Steroids: How pure C can benefit from metaprogr... by gsmecher on Thursday July 22, 2021 @03:39PM (#27923245)
I was specifically commenting on cpp-style macros. Apologies if this was unclear.