Quentin Correll wrote:

> Rudy,
> 
> | Macros are evil, evil, evil. <g>
> 
> Something else on which we agree! <g>

Actually, macros that are used to define complete structures or similar
actually make sense and even Delphi could benefit from them, especially
if they could actually have typed parameters. And simple #defines of
values are in fact like pure constants in Delphi.


But macros that are meant to inline code snippets or as a poor
replacement for generics, or are meant to serve similar purposes, are
evil.


-- 
Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)        http://www.teamb.com


"Naturally we feel that mentally ill people are not what we are
 looking for when we hire programmers - although there is no
 empirical data to support or contradict that view... Is it
 appropriate to give tests for mental illness to anyone applying
 for any kind of job?" 
 -- Weinberg The Psychology of Computer Programming