RE: [sv-bc] `` macro token gluing operator

That is exactly Mantis 1537. See the discussion there.

Shalom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Surya Pratik Saha [mailto:spsaha@cal.interrasystems.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:49 PM
> To: Bresticker, Shalom
> Cc: sv-bc@eda.org
> Subject: Re: [sv-bc] `` macro token gluing operator
> 
> Hi,
> I will be happy to add more questions on that.
> 
> - When `` is present inside an escaped text, is it part of escaped
> text,
> or still it will act as operator. For e.g.
> `define x \a``b
> 
> Will it be \ab , or \a``b
> 
> Different tools behave differently.
> 
> Regards
> Surya
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [sv-bc] `` macro token gluing operator
> From: Bresticker, Shalom <shalom.bresticker@intel.com>
> To: sv-bc@eda.org
> Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:56:08 PM
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Some questions about ``. (It would be nice to have an official name
> > for it.)
> >
> > I have some questions and some suggested answers. Some of these may
> be
> > obvious to you, but they are not explicit in the LRM, and they are
> not
> > obvious to all users.
> >
> > 1. Is `` limited to the contents of a macro definition or may it be
> > used in regular code or in an actual argument of a macro call? My
> > answer: only inside macro definition, not in regular code, and not
> in
> > macro call actual argument.
> >
> > 2. Can it be used to paste fixed text in the macro definition or
> must
> > it paste a formal argument? My answer: it can be used with fixed
> text.
> > Thus, inside a macro definition, a``b gives you "ab" if a and b are
> > not formal arguments. If either or both is a formal argument, then
> the
> > actual argument is substituted,
> >
> > 3. Can it be used to paste together anything or only to make an
> > identifier? For example, can I do <``= to get <= ? My answer: it is
> > only for making identifiers.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Shalom
> >
> > Shalom Bresticker
> >
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