valid names for pre-processor defines

[brett]

I dont have the ANSI spec in front of me, can someone please tell the
definition of a valid name for C preprocessor defines?

ie. is it ONLY alphanumerical charactaers and the underscore symbol, or can
I use "-" and other symbols as well?

I'm trying to figure out if a new compiler is behaving itself or not!

Thanks,
Brett.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

I dont have the ANSI spec in front of me, can someone please tell the
definition of a valid name for C preprocessor defines?

ie. is it ONLY alphanumerical charactaers and the underscore symbol, or
can I use "-" and other symbols as well?

The rules are the same as for any other identifier: It must start with a
letter or an underscore, followed by letters, underscores and/or numbers.
However, it must not start with an underscore followed by an uppercase
letter or contain two consecutive underscores, since such identifiers are
reserved.

I'm trying to figure out if a new compiler is behaving itself or not!

What's it doing?