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by throwme211345 3187 days ago
Why would someone do that?
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dboreham 3187 days ago
Because long ago (and probably in a different product) making a function call was significantly costly and worthwhile optimizing away via macros.
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jstewartmobile 3187 days ago
That is how we do "generics" in C. Not happy about it, just sayin'.
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