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Hi,
I've seen this in some code, "char* blah P((int))" or "Void* stuff
P((double))"

What does this mean? I've been looking all around and can't find an answer.
Search engions are no help 'cuz they ignore, "((" and "))".

Thanks.

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"Sean M. Tucker" <> wrote in message
news:k1jMc.2591$ ...
> Hi,
> I've seen this in some code, "char* blah P((int))" or "Void* stuff
> P((double))"
>
> What does this mean?

I'll assume that where you wrote 'blah', and 'stuff',
the actual code has something else. Why not post *exactly*
what you saw? And what it means could easily depend
upon context.


>I've been looking all around and can't find an
> answer.

I'm not surprised. Your question is very vague.

-Mike

Sean M. Tucker wrote in
news:k1jMc.2591$ in comp.lang.c++:

> Hi,
> I've seen this in some code, "char* blah P((int))" or "Void* stuff
> P((double))"
>
> What does this mean? I've been looking all around and can't find an
> answer. Search engions are no help 'cuz they ignore, "((" and "))".
>


P( X ) is a macro (#define) that either expands to X (ANSI/ISO mode) or
to () (K & R mode), it allows code to be compiled with a pre-standard
C (not C++ (*)) compiler or with a Standard C or C++ compiler.

*) C++ has never allowed prototypes without the paramiter list.

eg:

char *blah P((int));

With a pre-standard C compiler this will be expanded too:

char *blah ();

With a modern Standard conforming compiler this will be:

char *blah( int );

Whenever you see UPERCASENAME(( something )) there is a fair chance
that some kind of macro trickery is going on.

The double parens' are needed so that (possibly empty) comma
seperated list's can be passed to the macro.

void f P((int, char)); /* void f( int, char ); */

Rob.
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