do you like?

[Rich Salz]

In article <906 at PT.CS.CMU.EDU> edw at IUS1.CS.CMU.EDU (Eddie Wyatt) asks for
feedback on:
	#define IMPORT(from)    extern
	#define EXPORT(to)     
with this sample usage;
	IMPORT (geometry.c) 		TOKEN vw_trans_at();
	EXPORT (tokenf.c main.c) 	void add_to_frametable();

Cute, but I don't like them because they violate the "write once" rule.
If you move a routine, you have to remember to change the header file
where the #define's appear.

It's much better to use information abstractors on the primary source to
get the data you seek.  In less jargon, use ctags or something similar;
it was published in comp.sources.unix some while ago, and can be freely
redistributed.
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