[jernfrost]

Except adding tools for doing some kind of macros is much simpler in Go than C because the language is easier to parse. What stops you from using a preprocessor in Go? It is not really part of the compiler in C either.

[pjmlp]

Sure it is, ANSI C11 (ISO/IEC 9899:2011) chapter 6.1 and section 6.5.1.1.