What is the worst real-world macros/pre-processor abuse you've ever come across?

Question

What is the worst real-world macros/pre-processor abuse you've ever come across (please no contrived IOCCC answers *haha*)?

Please add a short snippet or story if it is really entertaining. The goal is to teach something instead of always telling people "never use macros".

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p.s.: I've used macros before... but usually I get rid of them eventually when I have a "real" solution (even if the real solution is inlined so it becomes similar to a macro).

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Bonus: Give an example where the macro was really was better than a not-macro solution.

Related question: When are C++ macros beneficial?

Answer 1

I once had to port a C application from unix to windows, the specific nature of which shall remain unnamed to protect the guilty. The guy who wrote it was a professor unaccustomed to writing production code, and had clearly come to C from some other language. It also happens that English wasn't his first language, though the country he came from the majority of people speak it quite well.

His application made heavy use of the preprocessor to twist the C language into a format he could better understand. But the macros he used the most were defined in a header file named 'Thing.h' (seriously), which included the following:

#define I  Any void_me
#define thou  Any void_thee
#define iam(klas)  klas me = (klas) void_me
#define thouart(klas)  klas thee = (klas) void_thee
#define my  me ->
#define thy  thee ->
#define his  him ->
#define our  my methods ->
#define your  thy methods ->

...which he then used to write monstrosities like the following:

void Thing_setName (I, const char *name) {
iam (Thing);
if (name != my name) {
    Melder_free (my name);
    my name = Melder_wcsdup (name);
    }
    our nameChanged (me);
}

void Thing_overrideClass (I, void *klas) {
iam (Thing);
my methods = (Thing_Table)klas;
if (! ((Thing_Table) klas) -> destroy)
    ((Thing_Table) klas) -> _initialize (klas);
}

The entire project (~60,000 LOC) was written in a similar style -- marco hell, weird names, Olde-English jargon, etc. Fortunately we were able to throw the code out since I found an OSS library which performed the same algorithm dozens of times faster.

(I've copied and edited this answer which I originally made on this question).

Answer 2

I like this example, it uses the macro to approximate the value of PI. The larger the circle, the more accurate the approximation.

#define _ -F<00||--F-OO--;
int F=00,OO=00;main(){F_OO();printf("%1.3f\n",4.*-F/OO/OO);}F_OO()
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Another is the c program

c

To compile you need to define c as

-Dc="#include <stdio.h> int main() { char *t =\"Hello World\n\"; while(*t) putc(*t++, stdout); return 0; }"

Answer 3

At Lucent, I once took a look at the source code of Steve Bourne's original Unix shell, and found he'd used the C pre-processor to make C look like Pascal or Algol. The part dealing with if statements looked like this:

#define IF   if (
#define THEN ) {
#define ELSE } else {
#define ELIF } else if (
#define FI   ; }

A friend of mine told me he'd done some maintenance on it in the mid-1990s, and it was still the same. (There's a lesson here for us in the inherent conservatism of a code base.)

Of course Steve did this as an experiment in the early days, and I'm sure would have had second thoughts if he'd written it later.

Update: According to Wikipedia's Bourne Shell article, the macros gave it an Algol 68 flavor. And, the full set of macros is here! They apparently influenced the founders of the International Obfuscated C Code Contest.

Answer 4

Be gentle, I wrote this as the only way I can think of to generically capture exceptions.

I use it to capture and stop exceptions from propagating out of my public interface functions...

/// Catch all generic exceptions and log appropriately.
/// Logger is insulated from throwing, so this is a NO THROW operation.
#define CatchAll( msg ) \
    catch( const Poco::Exception &e )   \
    {   \
        try{ LogCritical( Logs.System(), std::string( e.displayText() ).append( msg ) );}catch(...){assert(0);} \
    }   \
    catch( const std::exception &e )    \
    {   \
        try{LogCritical( Logs.System(), std::string( e.what() ).append( msg ) );}catch(...){assert(0);} \
    }   \
    catch(...)  \
    {   \
        try{ LogCritical( Logs.System(), std::string( "Exception caught in " __FUNCTION__ ". " ).append( msg ) );}catch(...){assert(0);}    \
    }   

I dislike the complexity and I hate macros, but how else would you "do" a generic catch handler? This isn't meant to be the end-all, this is just my generic catch handler to insulate legacy public functions and quickly add at least some level of protection when I know the function is getting invoked across a boundary which might throw up if a C++ exception were to be thrown (your welcome, JNI).

So does it make you run and hide, or is it the only way to do something like this?

Basically...

try{
// some block of code capable of throwing
}
CatchAll()

Answer 5

The driver code for an ASIC I used about 10 years ago had a lot of sections that looked like:

int foo(state_t *state) {
    int a, b, rval;

    $
    if (state->thing == whatever) {
        $
        do_whatever(state);
    }
    // more code

    $
    return rval;
}

After a lot of head scratching we finally found the definition:

#if DEBUG
#define $ dolog("%s %d", __FILE__, __LINE__);
#else
#define $
#endif

This was hard to find, because none of the source files that used it had any include files. There was a file called top.c source file that looked like:

#include <namechanged.h>
#include <foo.c>
#include <bar.c>
#include <baz.c>

Sure enough, this was the only file referenced in the Makefile. Whenever you changed anything, you had to recompile everything. This was "to make the code faster".

Answer 6

#define PROCESS_AND_RETURN(X) \
X.process(); \
// Important: Return only after invoking virtual method process() \
return X

Due to "Important" comment, the macro never returns the object and CRASH!

Answer 7

Have to do this from memory, but was about like this: Working with a lib for writing Symbian apps. Hidden in a header file you needed to include was this little gem:

// Here come the register defines:
#define C <something>
#define N <something>
<two more single letter defines>

In our code the loading of a file with a hardcoded filename failed. When we changed the file location from C to D drive, it magically worked...

Answer 8

An 'architect', very humble guy, you know the type, had the following:

#define retrun return

because he liked to type fast. The brain-surgeon used to like to shout at people who were smarter than him (which was pretty much everyone), and threaten to use his black-belt on them.

Answer 9

From memory, it looked something like this:

#define RETURN(result) return (result);}

int myfunction1(args) {
    int x = 0;
    // do something
    RETURN(x)

int myfunction2(args) {
    int y = 0;
    // do something
    RETURN(y)

int myfunction3(args) {
    int z = 0;
    // do something
    RETURN(z)

Yes that's right, no closing braces in any of the functions. Syntax highlighting was a mess, so he used vi to edit (not vim, it has syntax coloring!)

He was a Russian programmer who had mostly worked in assembly language. He was fanatical about saving as many bytes as possible because he had previously worked on systems with very limited memory. "It was for satellite. Only very few byte, so we use each byte over for many things." (bit fiddling, reusing machine instruction bytes for their numeric values) When I tried to find out what kinds of satellites, I was only able to get "Orbiting satellite. For making to orbit."

He had two other quirks: A convex mirror mounted above his monitor "For knowing who is watching", and an occasional sudden exit from his chair to do a quick ten pushups. He explained this last one as "Compiler found error in code. This is punishment".

Answer 10

By a classmate who failed to understand the rules about magic numbers:
#define TWO_HUNDRED_AND_EIGHTY_THREE_POINT_ONE 283.1

Answer 11

See this answer re how a dyslexic colleague made life easier for themselves with a common header file full of things like #define fasle false.

Answer 12

This is taken from a popular open source program. In fact it makes some parts of the code more readable by hiding the ugly legacy.

#define EP_STATUS    CASTLING][(BOARD_FILES-2)
#define HOLDINGS_SET CASTLING][(BOARD_FILES-1)

I guess there is nothing really bad here, I just find it funny.

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/xboard.git/tree/common.h

Answer 13

A past employer found there were no implementations of BASIC-PLUS on modern Unix systems, so they tried to re-implement it using C pre-processor macros:

#define IF if(
#define THEN ) {
#define ENDIF }
#define GOTO goto L

...etc.

Horrific.

Answer 14

I once saw a macro package that would alias every C keyword to let you effectively program in Klingon. That's right, Klingon. (Un)fortunately, the project was abandoned and taken down several years ago.

Answer 15

I was bored one day and was playing around with blocks in Objective-C...

#define Lambda(var, body) [^ id(id (var)) { return (body);} copy]
#define Call(f, arg) ((id(^)(id))(f))(arg)
#define Int(num) [NSNumber numberWithInteger:(num)]
#define Mult(a, b) Int([(a) integerValue] * [(b) integerValue])
#define Add(a, b) Int([(a) integerValue] + [(b) integerValue])
#define Sub1(n) Int([(n) integerValue] - 1)
#define Add1(n) Int([(n) integerValue] + 1)
#define If(cond, thenblock, elseblock) ([(cond) integerValue] ? (thenblock) : (elseblock))
#define Cons(car, cdr_) [[ConsType alloc] initWithCar:(car) cdr:(cdr_)]
#define Car(list) [(list) car]
#define Cdr(list) [(list) cdr]
#define Define(var, value) id var = (value)
#define Nullq(value) Int(value == nil)

allowing "interesting" things like:

Define(Y, Lambda(f, Call(Lambda(x, Call(x, x)),
                         Lambda(x, Call(f, Lambda(y, Call(Call(x, x), y)))))));
Define(AlmostTotal, Lambda(f, Lambda(list, If(Nullq(list), Int(0),
                                              Add(Car(list), Call(f, Cdr(list)))))));
Define(Total, Call(Y, AlmostTotal));
Print(Call(Total, Cons(Int(4), Cons(Int(5), Cons(Int(8), nil)))));

(some function and class definitions not shown for sake of brevity)

Answer 16

The NFS code in BSD-kernels use goto between macros. It's still in use, and the code actually works. I know of several persons who have tried to clean it up, but all of them have given up after a while - it's just too messy.

You can see it here: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/nfs/nfsm_subs.h?rev=1.43

Answer 17

A coworker and I found these two gems in some of our code for object streaming. These macros were instantiated in EVERY SINGLE class file that did streaming. Not only is this hideous code spewed all over our code base, when we approached the original author about it, he wrote a 7 page article on our internal wiki defending this as the only possible way to accomplish what he was attempting to do here.

Needless to say, it has since been refactored out and is no longer used in our code base.

Don't be thrown off by the highlighted keywords. This is ALL a macro

#define DECLARE_MODIFICATION_REQUEST_PACKET( T )                                                \
namespace NameSpace                                                                     \
{                                                                                       \
                                                                                        \
class T##ElementModificationRequestPacket;                                                          \
}                                                                                       \
                                                                                        \
DECLARE_STREAMING_TEMPLATES( IMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_DECLARE, NameSpace::ElementModificationRequestPacket<T>, OtherNameSpace::NetPacketBase )    \
DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_DECLARE( NameSpace::ElementModificationRequestPacket<T> )     \
DECLARE_AUTOGENERATION_TEMPLATES( DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_DECLARE, NameSpace::T##ModificationRequestPacket, NameSpace::ElementModificationRequestPacket<T> )      \
                                                                                        \
namespace NameSpace {                                                                   \
class DLLIMPEXP_COMMON T##ModificationRequestPacket : public ElementModificationRequestPacket<T>\
{                                                                                       \
public:                                                                                 \
    T##ModificationRequestPacket( NetBase * pParent )                                   \
    : ElementModificationRequestPacket<T>( pParent ), m_Gen() {}                            \
                                                                                        \
    T##ModificationRequestPacket( NetBase * pParent,                                    \
                            Action          eAction,                                    \
                            const T &   rT )                                            \
    : ElementModificationRequestPacket<T>( pParent, eAction, rT ), m_Gen() {}               \
                                                                                        \
    T##ModificationRequestPacket( const T##ModificationRequestPacket & rhs )                        \
    : ElementModificationRequestPacket<T>( rhs ), m_Gen() {}                                \
                                                                                        \
    virtual                     ~T##ModificationRequestPacket( void ) {}                        \
                                                                                        \
    virtual Uint32          GetPacketTypeID( void ) const                           \
    {                                                                                   \
        return Net::T##_Modification_REQUEST_PACKET;                                        \
    }                                                                                   \
                                                                                        \
    virtual OtherNameSpace::ClassID GetClassID ( void ) const                           \
    {                                                                                   \
        return OtherNameSpace::NetBase::GenerateHeader( OtherNameSpace::ID__LICENSING,  \
                                                         Net::T##_Modification_REQUEST_PACKET );    \
    }                                                                                   \
                                                                                        \
    virtual T##ModificationRequestPacket * Create( void ) const                             \
    { return new T##ModificationRequestPacket( m_pParent ); }                                   \
                                                                                        \
    T##ModificationRequestPacket() {}                                                           \
                                                                                        \
protected:                                                                              \
    OtherNameSpace::ObjectAutogeneration<T##ModificationRequestPacket> m_Gen;                       \
                                                                                        \
    friend class OtherNameSpace::StreamingBase::StreamingClassInfoT<T##ModificationRequestPacket >;                     \
    OtherNameSpace::StreamingBase::Streaming<T##ModificationRequestPacket, ElementModificationRequestPacket<T> >    m_Stream;   \
                                                                                        \
};                                                                                      \
}                                                                                       \
DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_DECLARE( ThirdNameSpace::ListenerBase<const NameSpace::T##ModificationRequestPacket> )            \
DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_DECLARE( ThirdNameSpace::BroadcasterT<const NameSpace::T##ModificationRequestPacket> )            \
typedef  ThirdNameSpace::BroadcasterT<const T##ModificationRequestPacket>  T##ModifiedBroadcaster;



#define IMPLEMENT_MODIFICATION_REQUEST_PACKET( T )                                                                  \
DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATE( NameSpace::ElementModificationRequestPacket<T> )                         \
DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATE( ThirdNameSpace::ListenerBase<const NameSpace::T##ModificationRequestPacket> )        \
DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATE( ThirdNameSpace::BroadcasterT<const NameSpace::T##ModificationRequestPacket> )        \
INSTANTIATE_STREAMING_TEMPLATES( DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATE, NameSpace::ElementModificationRequestPacket<T>, OtherNameSpace::NetPacketBase ) \
INSTANTIATE_AUTOGENERATION_TEMPLATES( DLLIMPEXP_COMMON_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATE, NameSpace::T##ModificationRequestPacket, NameSpace::ElementModificationRequestPacket<T> )

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Update (December 17, 2009):

More good news regarding this hideous macro author. As of August, the employee responsible for this monstrosity was sacked.

Answer 18

The worst I've seen is in my current project where there are a whole lot of cases of:

#if PROGRAMA
     .
     .
    if(...)
    {
     .
     .
     .
#else
    .
     .
    if(...)
    {
     .
     .
     .
#endif
     }

Yeah, he closes 2 opens with a single close.

Answer 19

#define private public

Answer 20

#define return if (std::random(1000) < 2) throw std::exception(); else return

this is just so evil. It's random, which means it fires in different places all the time, it changes return statement, which usually have some code on it that could fail all by itself, it changes innocent looking keyword that you won't ever get suspicious over and it uses exception from std space so you won't try to search through your sources to find it's source. Just brilliant.

Answer 21

#define "CR_LF" '\r'

That confused the hell out of me for a while!

Answer 22

Coroutines (AKA Stackless threads) in C. :) It's Evil trickery.

#define crBegin static int state=0; switch(state) { case 0:
#define crReturn(i,x) do { state=i; return x; case i:; } while (0)
#define crFinish }
int function(void) {
    static int i;
    crBegin;
    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        crReturn(1, i);
    crFinish;
}

int decompressor(void) {
    static int c, len;
    crBegin;
    while (1) {
        c = getchar();
        if (c == EOF)
            break;
        if (c == 0xFF) {
            len = getchar();
            c = getchar();
            while (len--)
            crReturn(c);
        } else
        crReturn(c);
    }
    crReturn(EOF);
    crFinish;
}


void parser(int c) {
    crBegin;
    while (1) {
        /* first char already in c */
        if (c == EOF)
            break;
        if (isalpha(c)) {
            do {
                add_to_token(c);
        crReturn( );
            } while (isalpha(c));
            got_token(WORD);
        }
        add_to_token(c);
        got_token(PUNCT);
    crReturn( );
    }
    crFinish;
}

Answer 23

I did the following myself, and I think I learned something from it.

In 1992 or so I wrote a small Lisp interpreter. It wasn't implemented in normal C, but in an interpreted C-like language. This C-like language used the standard C pre-processor, though.

The Lisp interpreter of course contained the functions car, which is used in Lisp to return the first element in a list, and cdr, which returns the rest of the list. They were implemented like this:

LISPID car(LISPID id) {
    CHECK_CONS("car", 1, id);
    return cons_cars[id - CONS_OFFSET];
} /* car */

LISPID cdr(LISPID id) {
    CHECK_CONS("cdr", 1, id);
    return cons_cdrs[id - CONS_OFFSET];
} /* cdr */

(Data were stored in arrays, since there were no structs. CONS_OFFSET is the constant 1000.)

car and cdr are used frequently in Lisp, and are short, and since function calls weren't very fast in the implementation language, I optimized my code by implementing those two Lisp functions as macros:

#define car(id) (CHECK_CONS("car", 1, (id)), cons_cars[(id) - CONS_OFFSET])
#define cdr(id) (CHECK_CONS("car", 1, (id)), cons_cdrs[(id) - CONS_OFFSET])

CHECK_CONS checks that its argument actually is a list, and since that one is also used frequently in the interpreter, and is short, I wrote that one too as a macro:

#define CHECK_CONS(fun, pos, arg)   \
    (!IS_CONS(arg) ?        \
        LISP_ERROR("Arg " + pos + " to " + fun +    \
                   " must be a list: " + lispid2string(arg)) : 0)

IS_CONS and LISP_ERROR were also used frequently, so I made them into macros too:

#define IS_CONS(id) \
    (   intp(id) && (id) >= CONS_OFFSET     \
     && ((id) - CONS_OFFSET) < sizeof(cons_cars))

#define LISP_ERROR(str)     (throw((str) + "\n"))

Seems reasonable?

But then, why did the entire system crash on this line:

id2 = car(car(car(car((id1))));

I worked a long time to find the problem, until I finally checked what that short line was expanded to by the pre-processor. It was expanded to a 31370-character line, which I have here split into lines (502 of them) for clarity:

id2 = ((!(intp( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && (
(id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))
&& ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp( (id1)) && (
(id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1))
>= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg "
+ 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string(
(id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars))
? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 &&
(( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to
" + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n"))
: 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && (
(id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))
>= 1000 && (( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && ((
(id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to "
+ "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) :
0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1))
>= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg "
+ 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string(
(id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && ((
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp(
(((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars))
? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 &&
(( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to
" + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n"))
: 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && (
(id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))
>= 1000 && (( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && ((
(id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to "
+ "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) :
0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1))
>= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg "
+ 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string(
(id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && ((
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && ((
(((!(intp( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && ((
(id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to "
+ "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) :
0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1))
>= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg "
+ 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string(
(id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && ((
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars))
? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 &&
(( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to
" + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n"))
: 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && (
(id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))
>= 1000 && (( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && ((
(id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to "
+ "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) :
0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1))
>= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg "
+ 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string(
(id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && ((
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])) - 1000]))) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && (( (((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars))
? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 &&
(( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to
" + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n"))
: 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && (
(id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))
>= 1000 && (( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && ((
(id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to "
+ "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) :
0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1))
>= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg "
+ 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string(
(id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) >= 1000 && ((
(((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1))
- 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car"
+ " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(((!(intp(
(id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) <
sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must
be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])) - 1000])) - 1000])))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(((!(intp( (((!(intp( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >=
1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " +
1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1)))
+ "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) && ( (((!(intp( (id1))
&& ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ?
(throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" + " must be a list: " +
lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0), cons_cars[(id1) - 1000])))
>= 1000 && (( (((!(intp( (id1)) && ( (id1)) >= 1000 && (( (id1)) -
1000) < sizeof(cons_cars)) ? (throw(("Arg " + 1 + " to " + "car" +
" must be a list: " + lispid2string( (id1))) + "\n")) : 0),
cons_cars[(id1) - 1000]))) - 1000) < sizeof(cons_cars))

Answer 24

I found it in libtidy,:

 /* Internal symbols are prefixed to avoid clashes with other libraries */
 #define TYDYAPPEND(str1,str2) str1##str2
 #define TY_(str) TYDYAPPEND(prvTidy,str)

 TY_(DocParseStream)(bar,foo);

The problem is that visual studio 2005 and maybe other ide go to definition and go to declaration features only find the #define TY_(...) and not the desired DocParseStream declaration.

Maybe it is safer this way.

I think they should put a prefix for each function and not call a macro to do the job.. it's cluttering the code.. but maybe I am wrong about that. What do you think..?

Ps: It seems that almost all the internal function const and others are prefixed using this.. My colleague just told me that it is usual.. wtf? Maybe I missed something.

Answer 25

In one year of the International Obfuscated C Coding Contest, there was an entry where the entire program was:

P

With the proviso that you could define P in the makefile to be whatever program you wanted.

As I recall, it won in one of the categories, and the next year a rule had popped up disallowing that style of entry.

(Edit: six months later or something... I'm sure the "No IOCCC" thing wasn't in the main question when I wrote this...)

Answer 26

It's not a C macro but...

Many years ago I had the fun task of porting the original Transport Tycoon from the PC to the Mac. The PC version was written entirely in assembler so we had to go through the whole source code and port it to 'PC' C code first and then port that to the Mac. Most of the code was OK, even object orientated in places. However, the world rendering system was unbelievable. For anyone who's not played the game, the world can be viewed at one of three zoom levels. The code for this was something along the lines of:

macro DrawMacro <list of arguments>
   a couple of thousand lines of assembler with loads of conditionals
   based on the macro arguments

DrawZoomLevel1:
   DrawMacro <list of magic numbers>

DrawZoomLevel2:
   DrawMacro <list of more magic numbers>

DrawZoomLevel3:
   DrawMacro <list of even more magic numbers>

We must have been using a slightly older version of MASM as the macro would crash the assembler when we tried to assemble it.

Skizz

Answer 27

I once put together this horrifying C++ code which used macros to help hook functions into the import table of DLLs.

#define ARGLIST(...) __VA_ARGS__

#define CPPTYPELESSARG(typelessParams) thisptr, typelessParams
#define CPPTYPEDARG(typedParams) void* thisptr, typedParams
#define CPPTYPELESSNOARG thisptr
#define CPPTYPEDNOARG void* thisptr

#define CPPHOOKBODY(hookName, params) void *thisptr; \
    __asm { mov thisptr, ecx } \
    return On##hookName ( params );


#define CHOOKBODY(hookName, typelessParams) return On##hookName( typelessParams );

#define CPPHOOK(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, typedParams, typelessParams) \
    HOOKIMPL(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, CPPTYPEDARG(typedParams), typelessParams, \
    typedParams, __thiscall, __stdcall, CPPHOOKBODY(hookName, CPPTYPELESSARG(typelessParams)))

#define CPPHOOKNOARG(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, typedParams, typelessParams) \
    HOOKIMPL(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, CPPTYPEDNOARG, typelessParams, \
    typedParams, __thiscall, __stdcall, CPPHOOKBODY(hookName, CPPTYPELESSNOARG))

#define CDECLHOOK(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, typedParams, typelessParams) \
    HOOKIMPL(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, typedParams, typelessParams, \
    typedParams, __cdecl, __cdecl, CHOOKBODY(hookName, typelessParams))

#define CDECLFUNC(name, address, returnType, args) \
    typedef returnType (__cdecl *name##Ptr)(args); \
    name##Ptr name = (name##Ptr) address;

#define CPPFUNC(name, address, returnType, args) \
    typedef returnType (__thiscall *name##Ptr)(void* thisptr, args); \
    name##Ptr name = (name##Ptr) address;

#define STDFUNC(name, address, returnType, args) \
    typedef returnType (__stdcall *name##Ptr)(args); \
    name##Ptr name = (name##Ptr) address;

#define STDHOOK(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, typedParams, typelessParams) \
    HOOKIMPL(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, typedParams, typelessParams, \
    typedParams, __stdcall, __stdcall, CHOOKBODY(hookName, ARGLIST(typelessParams)))

#define HOOKIMPL(InjectHookRef, importLib, importFunc, hookName, returnType, typedParams, typelessParams, hookParams, fnPtrCall, hookCall, hookBody) \
        typedef returnType (fnPtrCall *##hookName##OrigPtr )( typedParams ); \
        class hookName : public IHook \
        { \
        public: \
            typedef hookName##OrigPtr func_type; \
        private: \
            static void* m_origFunction; \
            static bool m_bModifyImport; \
            static std::string m_lib; \
            static std::string m_importFunc; \
            static std::string m_sHookName; \
            static returnType hookCall hookName##FnHook ( hookParams ) \
            { \
                hookBody \
            } \
            static bool ImplIsModifyImport() { return hookName::m_bModifyImport; } \
            static void ImplSetModifyImport(bool bModify) { hookName::m_bModifyImport = bModify; } \
            static const std::string& ImplGetLibName() { return hookName::m_lib; } \
            static const std::string& ImplGetImportFunctionName() { return hookName::m_importFunc; } \
            static void ImplSetOriginalAddress(void* fn) { hookName::m_origFunction = fn; } \
            static void* ImplGetOriginalAddress() { return hookName::m_origFunction; } \
            static returnType On##hookName ( typedParams ); \
            static void* ImplGetNewAddress() { return hookName::##hookName##FnHook; } \
            static const std::string& ImplGetHookName() { return hookName::m_sHookName; } \
        public: \
            hookName() \
            { \
                InjectHookRef.AddHook((IHook*)this); \
                hookName::m_lib = importLib; \
                hookName::m_importFunc = importFunc; \
                hookName::m_sHookName = #hookName; \
                hookName::m_origFunction = NULL; \
                hookName::m_bModifyImport = true; \
            } \
            virtual bool IsModifyImport() const { return hookName::ImplIsModifyImport(); } \
            virtual void SetModifyImport(bool bModify) { hookName::ImplSetModifyImport(bModify); } \
            virtual const std::string& GetHookName() const { return hookName::ImplGetHookName(); } \
            virtual const std::string& GetLibName() const { return hookName::ImplGetLibName(); } \
            virtual const std::string& GetImportFunctionName() const { return hookName::ImplGetImportFunctionName(); } \
            virtual void* GetOriginalAddress() const { return hookName::ImplGetOriginalAddress(); } \
            virtual void* GetNewAddress() const { return hookName::ImplGetNewAddress(); } \
            virtual void SetOriginalAddress(void* fn) { hookName::m_origFunction = fn; } \
            static func_type GetTypedOriginalAddress() { return reinterpret_cast(hookName::m_origFunction); } \
        }; \
        void* hookName::m_origFunction = NULL; \
        bool hookName::m_bModifyImport = false; \
        std::string hookName::m_lib; \
        std::string hookName::m_importFunc; \
        std::string hookName::m_sHookName; \
        static hookName g##hookName##Inst;

Which in turn allowed me to do this:

CPPHOOK(gIH, "SimEngine.dll", "?AddEntity@Player@@UAEXPAVEntity@@@Z", PlayerAddEntity, void, void* ent, ent);


/* Called when the engine calls Player::AddEntity(entity) */
void PlayerAddEntity::OnPlayerAddEntity(void *thisptr, void *ent)
{
    unsigned int id = getPlayerID(thisptr);

gIH.GetLog()->Info("Player %d adding entity %s.", 
    getPlayerID(thisptr), getEntityName(ent));

gPlayers[id] = thisptr;

/*if( id == 2 && gPlayers[1] && gPlayers[2] )
    EntitySetOwner::GetTypedOriginalAddress() (ent, gPlayers[1]);*/
//gEnts[ent] = Entity(ent, Vector3f());

PlayerAddEntity::GetTypedOriginalAddress() (thisptr, ent);


}

Answer 28

Found in declarations, to much confusion:

NON_ZERO_BYTE         Fixed(8)  Constant('79'X),

Found later:

IF WORK_AREA(INDEX) = ZERO_BYTE THEN  /* found zero byte */ 
   WORK_AREA(INDEX) = NON_ZERO_BYTE ; /* reset to nonzero*/

Answer 29

AI Game Programming Wisdom has a chapter where macros were used to create a scripting language for finite state machines.

Since the book and code are copyrighted material, here's a Google book link to the page detailing the macros (The resulting script language can be found on page 324.)

Answer 30

I maintain code that has gotos in macros. So a function will have a label at the end but no visible goto in the function code. To make matters worse the macro is at the end of other statements usually off the screen unless you scroll horizontally.

#define CHECK_ERROR if (!SomeCondition) goto Cleanup

void SomeFunction() 
{ 
    SomeLongFunctionName(ParamOne, ParamTwo, ParamThree, ParamFour); CHECK_ERROR  
    //SomeOtherCode  
    Cleanup:    
   //Cleanup code  
}