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Re: Question regarding manuals terminology
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c. |
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Re: Question regarding manuals terminology |
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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:54:59 +0100 |
On 11 Feb 2012, at 19:00, address@hidden wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> I would like to ask if there is a good reason (not obvious to a naive
> programmer like me) for refering to DEFUN_DLD as a *macro* (and not as a
> function)?
>
> /Fotis
A macro is not a function:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_preprocessor#Macro_definition_and_expansion
DEFUN_DLD is defined as a macro:
http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/9f8ff01abc65/src/defun-dld.h#l60
HTH,
c.
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