[bluGill]

Not so much that you are not clear - this is an area that is weird enough that I don't think it is possible to be clear, but you gave me some useful hints. I got some of what I want working.

Edit, I started writing and then realized that I need this to work on old gcc that doesn't support these tricks so I have to give up. (I can't wait until this old embedded hardware dies)

What I'm trying to do is #define(A, B) static int A ## _ ## B = register(MKSTRING(A ## _ ## B) take any number of arguments. I can get the register working, but my attempts are creating the variable name fail.

[viega]

Thanks. Also, per another person in the thread, here are the two annotations he or she was asking for, heavily annotated.

They are both only a couple lines, but it deals with things like the fact that you've got one more argument than you should have commas, and the use of the # and ## operators in these things.

https://c.godbolt.org/z/6zqx1dsn3

[bluGill]

Thanks. I didn't have enough levels of indirection. Once I add enough levels of indirection it works. Well works on my newer systems, I have to build for an embedded system where I'm stuck on an old compiler that doesn't support these tricks.

[viega]

To be clear, the example I provided for the other person explains the bit you're missing where the names aren't working... if you carefully follow the rules, the # and ## operators don't allow expansion on their arguments, so you have to use a layer of indirection to get them expanded first.