Macro Substitution?

14 Apr 2005 2:57 AM

Les

Is there any way to do something like macro substitution in VB, like in C++ or C or other languages?

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14 Apr 2005 11:27 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Les" <les_stock***@beggstelco.net> schrieb:
> Is there any way to do something like macro substitution in VB, like in
> C++ or C or other languages?

Gladly there is no way to do that.

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14 Apr 2005 11:57 AM

Larry Lard

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:

> "Les" <les_stock***@beggstelco.net> schrieb:
> > Is there any way to do something like macro substitution in VB,
like in
> > C++ or C or other languages?
>
> Gladly there is no way to do that.

You can do wonderful, arcane, mindboggling stuff with the C
pre-processor (eg <http://www.ioccc.org/2004/vik2.hint> ) but it's
usually a one way journey to non-maintainability...

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Larry Lard
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14 Apr 2005 12:21 PM

rawCoder

A little OT , but is there a way to Debug/StepInto a Macro in C++
I havent been able to and it sometimes is very very irritating

rawCoder

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>
> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:
> > "Les" <les_stock***@beggstelco.net> schrieb:
> > > Is there any way to do something like macro substitution in VB,
> like in
> > > C++ or C or other languages?
> >
> > Gladly there is no way to do that.
>
> You can do wonderful, arcane, mindboggling stuff with the C
> pre-processor (eg <http://www.ioccc.org/2004/vik2.hint> ) but it's
> usually a one way journey to non-maintainability...
>
> --
> Larry Lard
> Replies to group please
>