Re: MACRO - How is it working in Linux

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On 2/17/06, Mukund JB. <mukundjb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have seen a macro like this in the Linux kernel sources in
> include/linux/usb.h line no: 1090.
>
> #define usb_dotoggle(dev, ep, out)  ((dev)->toggle[out] ^= (1 << (ep)))
>
> I did not understand how it works?
> I have written a small usermode program to test this.
>
> #define x 1
> #define y 2
> #define macro() (x = y)
> main()
> {
>         int abc = macro();
>         printf("abc = %d\n",abc);
> }
>
> This code results in a compile error.
> test.c:9: error: invalid lvalue in assignment.
>
> Why?

do u think 1=2 is a valid statement?


>
> Regards,
> Mukund Jampala
>
>
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