Hmmm... I have just tested your code with gcc 2.95.3 and 3.3.1 and it didn't insert any spaces there (they both said (0_11_23_45_6) ). What gcc are you using? On Monday 20 October 2003 18:19, Pat Bohrer wrote: > I was trying to build 64-bit PowerPC Linux cross compiler on MacOS-X > and ran into the following build problem. > I narrowed it down to a preprocessor problem. > > If I take the following code: > bash-2.05a$ cat try.c > #define CONCAT4(a,b,c,d) (a##b##c##d) > > main() > { > CONCAT4(A,B,C,D) > CONCAT4(A_A,B_B,C_C,D_D) > CONCAT4(0_1,1_2,3_4,5_6) > > } > > and run it through the preprocessor on MacOS-X I get: > > bash-2.05a$ cc -E try.c > try.c:7: illegal function call, found `_11' > try.c:7: illegal statement, missing `;' after `)' > cpp-precomp: warning: errors during smart preprocessing, retrying in > basic mode > # 1 "try.c" > > > main ( ) > { > ( ABCD ) > ( A_AB_BC_CD_D ) > ( 0 _11 _23 _45 _6 ) > > } > > Any ideas why spaces are being inserted between the first number > separated by an '_' ? > > --Pat > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Acasa.ro vine cu albumele, tu vino doar cu pozele ;) > http://poze.acasa.ro/