Re: macros: "do-while" versus "({ })" and a compile-time error

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
[...]
> what the above implies is
> that the ALIGN() macro can *never* be extended in that way because of
> the way it's being used in the struct definition above, outside of a
> function.
> 
> doesn't that place an unnecessarily limit on what might be done with
> ALIGN() in the future?
[...]

The one occurrence which is different from others could be changed.

But more importantly: Don't overuse macros.
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