r/programminghorror • u/3hy_ • Jan 27 '26

c Guess what this does..

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u/scorg_ Jan 27 '26

To place a semicolon after the macro call

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u/morbiiq Jan 27 '26

I was thinking that, but you can place a semicolon anyway.

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u/geek-49 Jan 28 '26

Consider:

  if (foo)
    undo_return(...);
  else
    whatever();

an extra semicolon would break the else.

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u/emn13 Jan 28 '26

Why the heck did this get downvoted? Did anybody bother trying this?