Re: Question regarding manuals terminology

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On 02/12/2012 12:54 AM, c. wrote:
> 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.
Yep yep, thx! I know that a macro is not a function (when both terms are 
used by programmers, whereas it is a mapping mathematically speaking) . 
. . my problem was that i could not find the defining file . . . thx again.

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