Re: [Tinycc-devel] X(X(1)) (nested macro substitution)

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2016-04-29 00:50:59 +0000, Michael B. Smith wrote:
> Don't you think it might it be a good idea to limit the possible
> level of recursion?

It seems that the standard doesn't provide a minimum limit for macro
recursion. But it general, this is 63 nesting levels of [...].

> I don't have time to look at the C99 standard right now, but I'd be
> surprised if there weren't a recommendation on this.

The recommendation is:

  Implementations should avoid imposing fixed translation limits
  whenever possible.

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