Subj : Re: A real beginer's C++ question
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <ed@mulroyREMOVETHESECHARS.org>
Date : Tue Jul 08 2003 02:22 pm

Not so.  In the example you show the preprocessor removes the macro name and
the compile phase sees a value of 123 but has no indication of the symbol.

..  Ed

"Boba" <Boba@somewhere.world> wrote in message
news:3f0ad7a3@newsgroups.borland.com...
> A symbol does not have to be declared to be
> defined. (The original Q is about 'undefined
> symbol'.) As you have pointed out:
> "When a symbol is used that is not an inherent
> part of the language then it must be defined.",
> so I am just showing another way to please the
> compliler by #defining the symbol. Boba

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