a nifty feature for c preprocessor

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> The gcc developers, and everyone else involved in the development of C
> as a language, are perhaps not superhuman - but I suspect their combined
> knowledge, experience and programming ability outweighs yours.

given. but do you have a consensus of the community that this feature is not worth including? i haven't even heard but from a few people saying that "it's not worth it because if it was, 'we're the ones to have thought about it'".

computing science (may i call it a science??), is all about objectivity and examining the theories and evidence. it should be prepared re-examine everything when a new idea is introduced or challenged.

so if it's a bad idea, explain to me exactly why; not go about human politics.