"a" "b" creates "ab". So why doesn't "a" 'b' 'c' create "abc" ? I can't see it
having any other meaning.

This would be massively useful in cases like

#define C_SEP ','
#define C_END '.'
parse("a" C_SEP "bc" C_SEP "de" C_END);

The alternative

parse("a,bc,de.");

is wrong because it embeds into the string things that should be changable from
the #defines alone, and

sprintf(buf, "%s%c%s%c%s%c", "a", C_SEP.....)

commits the unforgivible sin of doing at runtime what the compiler should do...

(I *know* I can just
 #define C_SEP ","
and get the concatenation to work, but then other code ends up using *C_SEP
to access the separator character definition, and that's just.. wrong.)

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"Scott" <scottm@toast.net> wrote in message news:38754.smail.smayo@ziplink.net...

> (I *know* I can just
>  #define C_SEP ","
> and get the concatenation to work, but then other code ends up using *C_SEP
> to access the separator character definition, and that's just.. wrong.)

Make it C_SEP[0] and it will look much better. however I agree with your idea, 'c' could work as a double-quoted "c" in composing string literals.

Paul

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