Re: Question regarding manuals terminology

[c.]

On 11 Feb 2012, at 19:00, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> I would like to ask if there is a good reason (not obvious to a naive 
> programmer like me) for refering to DEFUN_DLD as a *macro* (and not as a 
> function)?
> 
> /Fotis

A macro is not a function:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_preprocessor#Macro_definition_and_expansion

DEFUN_DLD is defined as a macro:

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/9f8ff01abc65/src/defun-dld.h#l60

HTH,
c.