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Macro conventions

Nov 25th, 2007

I know this is a slightly esoteric question, but I'm just curious how you guys define your function macros. Do you put a semicolon at the end or not?

For example:

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#define EVENT_RESIZE(_event) ::SDL::HandleEventResize(_event, hScreen, fnSDLKey);
 
// or
 
#define EVENT_RESIZE(_event) ::SDL::HandleEventResize(_event, hScreen, fnSDLKey)
#define EVENT_RESIZE(_event) ::SDL::HandleEventResize(_event, hScreen, fnSDLKey);

// or

#define EVENT_RESIZE(_event) ::SDL::HandleEventResize(_event, hScreen, fnSDLKey)

In the first case, the advantage is that you don't have to type a semicolon in the actual code
EVENT_RESIZE(event)
which mean it's immediately obvious that it's a macro. I know Microsoft like to do it like this sometimes..

The second scenario requires a semicolon in the actual code
EVENT_RESIZE(event);
which means it behaves more like a standard function..

Anyway I know this is a kind of stupid question, but we have to design a bunch of SDL macros to standardise our code templates and I'm just curious which is the accepted convention.

Cheers,