Token pasting (## operator) - Add whitespace to a token

[Wessi]

Hi,

token pasting means, that normally whitespaces and comments are deleted
before and after the ## operator. I want the preprocessor to hold an
existing whitespace while replacing the argument of a macro. Example:

The following define and macro

#define ISR_CAT1(NAME) __interrupt void ##NAME(void)

ISR_CAT1(myIsrHandler)
{

}

should be expanded to

__interrupt void myIsrHandler(void)
{

}

But the preprocessor does the following replacement (deleting
whitespaces before ##):

__interrupt voidmyIsrHandler(void)
{

}

Is there any possibility to avoid this kind of replacement/deleting the
whitespaces in front of ## operator?

 

[junky_fellow]

Hi,

token pasting means, that normally whitespaces and comments are deleted
before and after the ## operator. I want the preprocessor to hold an
existing whitespace while replacing the argument of a macro. Example:

The following define and macro

#define ISR_CAT1(NAME) __interrupt void ##NAME(void)

ISR_CAT1(myIsrHandler)
{

}

should be expanded to

__interrupt void myIsrHandler(void)
{

}

But the preprocessor does the following replacement (deleting
whitespaces before ##):

__interrupt voidmyIsrHandler(void)
{

}

Is there any possibility to avoid this kind of replacement/deleting the
whitespaces in front of ## operator?

Why are you using "##" ? Following definition should work.
#define ISR_CAT1(NAME) __interrupt void NAME(void)

 

[Wessi]

Thanks, you're right. I had another problem with double macro
expansion, which made me believe, that your solution will not work.

 

[Lawrence Kirby]

Hi,

token pasting means, that normally whitespaces and comments are deleted
before and after the ## operator. I want the preprocessor to hold an
existing whitespace while replacing the argument of a macro. Example:

The result of token pasing must be a valid pp-token and only pp-tokens
like character constants and string literals can contain spaces. Trying to
create another type of pp-token containing spaces doesn't make any sense.

The following define and macro

#define ISR_CAT1(NAME) __interrupt void ##NAME(void)

ISR_CAT1(myIsrHandler)
{

}

should be expanded to

__interrupt void myIsrHandler(void)
{

}

Token pasting is used to create new (composite) tokens but there aren't
any such tokens in your desired expansion; your error is in trying to use
token pasting when it is not appropriate. Use simply:

#define ISR_CAT1(NAME) __interrupt void NAME(void)

But the preprocessor does the following replacement (deleting
whitespaces before ##):

__interrupt voidmyIsrHandler(void)
{

}

Yes, your macro tries to paste the tokens void and myIsrHandler into a
single one whereas what you really need is just to leave them as separate
tokens.

Is there any possibility to avoid this kind of replacement/deleting the
whitespaces in front of ## operator?

Don't use token pasting.

Lawrence