definition of MAX and MIN Macros

[Marc Brünink]

Hi all,

This Code does not work on Solaris 10 x86:
#define MIN(a,b) \
      ({typeof(a) _MIN_a = (a); typeof(b) _MIN_b = (b);  \
        _MIN_a < _MIN_b ? _MIN_a : _MIN_b; })

But this one does:
#define MIN(a,b) ( a < b ? a : b)

So why the heck do we use all this typeof stuff?


Thanks
Marc