#define DEBUG... (using printf for debugging)

[John Macdonald]

In article <2294 at awdprime.UUCP> tif at awdprime.austin.ibm.com.UUCP (/32767) writes:
|Most people I know of do
|	#define DEBUG(xx)	printf xx
|and then
|	DEBUG(("the flag is %d\n", flag));
|The whole thing is completely removed with
|	#define DEBUG(xx)

The same sequence has been suggested numerous times in previous
messages.

The double parentheses in this solution are annoying, and error-prone,
and not really required.

Try the following instead:

    #ifdef DEBUG_PRINT_ON
    #   define DEBUG printf
    #else
    #   define DEBUG(ignore)
    #endif

To insert a DEBUG-conditional printf use:

    DEBUG( "format", args, ... );

(no double parens or other funny syntax required, it just looks like
a function call)

If you prefer, you can comment out one of the defines rather than
controlling it with an ifdef.
-- 
Algol 60 was an improvment on most           | John Macdonald
of its successors - C.A.R. Hoare             |   jmm at eci386