Problem with #defined macros

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Started by garyfletcher July 09, 2005 01:26 PM

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July 09, 2005 01:26 PM

I am trying to compile the source code from the following GameDev article about Generic object factories. The source has a .h that is full of macros. The source compiles with Visual Studio (VC++), but has trouble with DEV-C++ (v4.9.9.2). I'm getting compiler complaints about lines that take the form:


#define MACRO_REPEAT(num, macro) MACRO_REPEAT_##num(MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, macro, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR)

And is called like:


MACRO_REPEAT(16, OBJECT_FACTORY)

Where object OBJECT_FACTORY is another #define for a template class. I'm not too hot, in fact not even luke warm, when it comes to macros but I'm guessing the ##num concatenates num onto MACRO_REPEAT_. There are MACRO_REPEAT_(0-32) defined. The error message is: C:/SiSE/include/SiSEObjectFactory.h:79:1: macro "MACRO_REPEAT_1" passed 6 arguments, but takes just 4 Can anyone help?

Gary.Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish.

Fruny

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July 09, 2005 02:22 PM

Try this for MacroRepeat.h

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // MacroRepeat// // This header provides macros for repeating code.// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Copyright (C) 2004 Robert Geiman.//// Permission to copy, modify, and use this code for personal and commercial// software is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.// This software is provided "as is" without any expressed or implied warranty.//// Any comments or questions can be sent to: rgeiman@buckeye-express.com/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////#ifndef MACRO_REPEAT_H#define MACRO_REPEAT_H#define MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR() #define MACRO_COMMA_SEPERATOR() ,#define MACRO_SEMICOLAN_SEPERATOR() ;#define MACRO_BEGIN_PAREN_SEPERATOR() (#define MACRO_END_PAREN_SEPERATOR() )#define MACRO_EMPTY_MACRO(num)#define MACRO_TEMPLATE_PARAMETER(num) typename A##num#define MACRO_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENT(num) A##num#define MACRO_FUNCTION_PARAMETER(num) A##num a##num#define MACRO_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT(num) a##num#define MACRO_REPEAT_0(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) #define MACRO_REPEAT_1(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) begin_seperator() macro(0) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_2(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_1(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(1) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_3(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_2(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(2) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_4(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_3(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(3) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_5(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_4(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(4) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_6(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_5(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(5) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_7(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_6(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(6) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_8(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_7(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(7) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_9(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_8(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(8) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_10(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_9(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(9) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_11(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_10(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(10) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_12(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_11(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(11) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_13(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_12(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(12) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_14(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_13(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(13) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_15(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_14(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(14) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_16(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_15(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(15) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_17(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_16(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(16) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_18(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_17(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(17) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_19(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_18(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(18) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_20(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_19(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(19) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_21(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_20(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(20) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_22(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_21(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(21) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_23(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_22(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(22) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_24(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_23(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(23) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_25(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_24(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(24) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_26(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_25(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(25) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_27(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_26(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(26) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_28(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_27(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(27) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_29(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_28(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(28) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_30(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_29(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(29) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_31(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_30(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(30) end_seperator()#define MACRO_REPEAT_32(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) MACRO_REPEAT_31(begin_seperator, seperator, macro, end_seperator) seperator() macro(31) end_seperator()#define MACRO_LIST(num, macro) MACRO_REPEAT_##num(MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, MACRO_COMMA_SEPERATOR, macro, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR)#define MACRO_LIST_APPEND(num, macro) MACRO_REPEAT_##num(MACRO_COMMA_SEPERATOR, MACRO_COMMA_SEPERATOR, macro, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR)#define MACRO_LIST_PREPEND(num, macro) MACRO_REPEAT_##num(MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, MACRO_COMMA_SEPERATOR, macro, MACRO_COMMA_SEPERATOR)#define MACRO_BEGIN_PAREN(num, macro) MACRO_REPEAT_##num(MACRO_BEGIN_PAREN_SEPERATOR, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, macro, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR)#define MACRO_END_PAREN(num, macro) MACRO_REPEAT_##num(MACRO_END_PAREN_SEPERATOR, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, macro, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR)#define MACRO_REPEAT(num, macro) MACRO_REPEAT_##num(MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR, macro, MACRO_EMPTY_SEPERATOR)#endif

Turning the macros into function-like macros let you delay their evaluation, which thus ensures the commas do not get expanded within the macro parameter list. The code should still be portable, though you'd be better off using Boost's preprocessor facilities. [smile]

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." — Brian W. Kernighan

garyfletcher

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July 09, 2005 05:49 PM

Thanks for that Fruny...will take a look at the boost preprocessor libs.

Gary.Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish.

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