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		davelee on Aug 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Some Obscure C Features I've used this feature to create constants that are unique IDs.

shultays on Aug 23, 2019 [–]

Wouldnt count macro work as well?

davelee on Aug 23, 2019 | [–]

I think that would be per file/translation unit. These values are unique across a linked binary.

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