Macros and keywords, R9C2

[Danie Schutte]

I understand the reasoning, but from a practical perspective, isn't it
better to stay away from names like that - just to avoid confusion? 
(Especially with newbies)

-------
begin 
    case ?begin of

vs
    case ?BEGIN_PORT of        
-------
A bit far fetched though :)



On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 16:08, Thomas Lindgren wrote:
> You currently can't define macros with the same name
> as keywords:
> 
> -define(begin, 4711).
> -define(end,  11147).
> 
> % compiler complains "badly formed define"
> 
> However, this restriction is, as far as I can see,
> unnecessary: the namespaces are entirely distinct.
> That is, when you subsequently use the macro, it will
> be written '?begin', which will never be confused with
> plain 'begin'. 
> 
> Hence, I report this as a bug.
> 
> Best,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 
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