Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Explain a second alternative for multi-line macros.

[Segher Boessenkool]

> If people want to return something from a ({ }) construct, they should 
> do it
> explicitly, e.g.
>
> #define setcc(cc) ({ \
> 	partial_status &= ~(SW_C0|SW_C1|SW_C2|SW_C3); \
> 	partial_status |= (cc) & (SW_C0|SW_C1|SW_C2|SW_C3); \
> 	partial_status; \
> })

No, they generally should use an inline function instead.


Segher

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