#define M_RETI_ARG27(x,y,z,aa, ...) aa #define M_RET_ARG27(...) M_RETI_ARG27(__VA_ARGS__) #define M_COMMA_P(...) M_RET_ARG27(__VA_ARGS__, 1, 1, 0, useless) #define M_EMPTYI_DETECT(...) 0, 1, #define M_EMPTYI_P_C1(...) M_COMMA_P(M_EMPTYI_DETECT __VA_ARGS__ () ) #define EX #define empty(x) #define fnlike(x) yeah x /* If the following macro is called with empty arg (X183), the use of 'x' between fnlike and '(' doesn't hinder the recognition of this being a further fnlike macro invocation. */ #define usefnlike(x) fnlike x (x) X181 M_EMPTYI_P_C1() X182 M_EMPTYI_P_C1(x) X183 usefnlike()