Is it possible to generate unique goto labels with preprocessor?

[Salim Nasser <salim at windriver dot com>]

 > Is it possible with this way, or other, to generate unique goto labels with 
 > the preprocessor?

Actually it is, but you need a couple of levels of indirection:

#define __UNIQUE_LABEL(x) label ## x
#define _UNIQUE_LABEL(y) __UNIQUE_LABEL(y)
#define UNIQUE_LABEL _UNIQUE_LABEL(__LINE__)

I can't find a way to do it with fewer than three #defines ;)

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 Salim Nasser 
 Software Developer
 Wind River Systems
 300 Wind River Way, Alameda, CA
 email: salim.nasser@windriver.com
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Anders Torger writes:
 > 
 > I'm making a hack which require a macro to generate goto labels (I can of 
 > course provide the label as an argument to the macro, but that significantly 
 > reduces the maintainability of the resulting code).
 > 
 > My idea was to do like this:
 > 
 > label ## __LINE__:
 > 
 > but then I just get
 > 
 > label__LINE__:
 > 
 > after the preprocessor has done its work, and I would like to have
 > 
 > label897:
 > 
 > if the line number happened to be 897.
 > 
 > Is it possible with this way, or other, to generate unique goto labels with 
 > the preprocessor?
 > 
 > Please answer to me directly, since I'm currently not on the list.
 > 
 > /Anders Torger
 >