# translate-c: add framework for special-casing macros · gitcafe/zig

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Author: Evan Haas

Committer: Evan Haas

## Message

````
translate-c: add framework for special-casing macros

Some macros (for example any macro that uses token pasting) cannot be
directly translated to Zig, but may nevertheless still admit a Zig
implementation. This provides a mechanism for matching macros against
templates and mapping them to functions implemented in c_translation.zig.

A macro matches a template if it contains the same sequence of tokens, except
that the name and parameters may be renamed. No attempt is made to
semantically analyze the macro. For example the following two macros are
considered equivalent:

```C
```

But the following two are not:

```C
```

````

## Parents

- [18b8738069268cc913bbae9580d2d170618a2ae9](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/18b8738069268cc913bbae9580d2d170618a2ae9?format=markdown)

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