Why are function macros defined without explanation in C?

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his kind of macros are used for good readability of code. Comments can also help here, but most of the coder does not care to update comments when code changes, comment should be moved to appropriate place when lines are added in between. So this functional macros simply tells code reader that some...
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his kind of macros are used for good readability of code. Comments can also help here, but most of the coder does not care to update comments when code changes, comment should be moved to appropriate place when lines are added in between. So this functional macros simply tells code reader that some timeout or failure condition has reached, where nothing has to be done. I hope this helps. read less
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Because it's a predefined one
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