TIOBE - C Coding Standard

Guideline: 12.3#5

This rule is Obsolete
Synopsis:	Macros should behave like symbolic constants or functions, (as function-like macros).
Language:	C
Severity Level:	5
Category:	PREPROCESSING

Description:

Macro definitions should not therefore contain '{', '}', ';' or keywords.

Example:

#define foreach(e, c) \\\\
    S* _iter ## e; \\\\
    for (_iter ## e = c; _iter ## e != NULL && ((e = _iter ## e -> val) || 1); _iter ##e = _iter ## e ->next)