wgml·vor 6 Jahren·discussThe author worked on ALGOL 68C and probably intended to reuse the more familiar syntax.Nowadays, I would indeed consider it a bad practice to use such macros. Especially if you intend to share the project with anyone else.
wgml·vor 7 Jahren·discussGDB 8.3, just released [1], introduced support for syntax highlighting.[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2019-05/msg00007...
Nowadays, I would indeed consider it a bad practice to use such macros. Especially if you intend to share the project with anyone else.