Re: RFA: Support Windows extended error numbers in safe_strerror

Eli Zaretskii
2006-02-04T10:33:28Z

> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 22:29:26 -0800
> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
>
> A macro that takes documented arguments and is expected not to
> randomly refer to stuff from its context is a big improvement for
> me.

The problem with a macro is where to define it. We previously defined
them on the various *.mt and *.mh files, but now we are trying to
eliminate those. And the code we are talking about is unsuitable for
the configury stuff, since it is quite long.

So I think, in practice, in this case a macro is not a good solution,
except if it names a function whose implementation is elsewhere.