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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Documentation: Explain a second alternative for multi-line macros.
Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>>> #define setcc(cc) ({ \
>>>> partial_status &= ~(SW_C0|SW_C1|SW_C2|SW_C3); \
>>>> partial_status |= (cc) & (SW_C0|SW_C1|SW_C2|SW_C3); })
>>> This _does_ return a value though, bad example.
>>
>> Where does it return a value?
>
> partial_status |=

as I expected (or suspected).
I also suspect that it wasn't intended, but this is old code
and I wasn't around Linux when it was written, so I don't know
about it for sure.

>> I don't see any uses of it
>
> Ah, that's a separate thing -- it returns a value, it's just
> never used.

Ack.

>> And with a small change to put it inside a do-while block
>> instead of ({ ... }), it at least builds cleanly.
>
> Well please replace it then, statement expressions should be
> avoided where possible (to start with, they don't have well-
> defined semantics).

We should probably avoid gcc extensions when possible.

I'll send a separate email for the patch.

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~Randy
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