[erlang-questions] Erlang PP Question

[Kannan]

Hi There,

If -define does just string replacement, why it does not let me do the
following?

-define(Z, z() -> io:fwrite("z")).
-define(Y, y() -> io:fwrite("y")).
-define(X, ?Y. ?Z.).

?X



Thanks,
Kannan.
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