displaying #define values in C

Question

I have a series of #defines from a library file header of this sort:

typedef int Lib_error;   

#define   LIB_ERROR_A      ((Lib_error) 0x0000) 
#define   LIB_ER         


        

Answer 1

People seem to have mixed feelings about them, but X-macros are one possible solution.

But if you can't change the header, then your only two options (AFAIK) are:

• Doing it manually
• Some form of code generation step in your build process. In your case, it should probably be possible by parsing the header file with sed (assuming you're working on Linux).