Date: Thu Jun 21 2007 - 04:26:08 PDT
Hi, Some questions about ``. (It would be nice to have an official name for it.) I have some questions and some suggested answers. Some of these may be obvious to you, but they are not explicit in the LRM, and they are not obvious to all users. 1. Is `` limited to the contents of a macro definition or may it be used in regular code or in an actual argument of a macro call? My answer: only inside macro definition, not in regular code, and not in macro call actual argument. 2. Can it be used to paste fixed text in the macro definition or must it paste a formal argument? My answer: it can be used with fixed text. Thus, inside a macro definition, a``b gives you "ab" if a and b are not formal arguments. If either or both is a formal argument, then the actual argument is substituted, 3. Can it be used to paste together anything or only to make an identifier? For example, can I do <``= to get <= ? My answer: it is only for making identifiers. Thanks, Shalom Shalom Bresticker Intel Jerusalem LAD DA +972 2 589-6852 +972 54 721-1033 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
