Subj : Re: A real beginer's C++ question To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : "Boba" Date : Tue Jul 08 2003 08:45 pm "Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" wrote in message news:3f0afdc9@newsgroups.borland.com... > 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. agree. so what is "Not so" ? does "no indication of the symbol" mean the symbol is undefined? boba .