In message <20011114185237.A16149@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>, Neil Booth writes: >No, that's a constraint violation, since # must be followed by a >parameter. Even if it weren't, the standard states that the order of >evaluation of # and ## is undefined. Oops, good catch. >Is this the same as the point above? It was, but I think you're right. -s