C alternative tokens
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C alternative tokens refer to a set of alternative spellings of common operators in the C programming language. They are implemented as a group of macro constants in the C standard library in the iso646.h header. The tokens were added to the standard in a 1995 amendment to the C90 standard.
The alternative tokens allow programmers to use C language bitwise and logical operators which could otherwise be hard to type on some international and non-QWERTY keyboards. The name of the header file they are implemented in refers to the ISO/IEC 646 standard, a 7-bit character set with a number of regional variations, some of which have accented characters in place of the punctuation marks used by C operators.
The macros
The iso646.h header defines the following 11 macros as stated below:
| Macro | Defined as |
|---|---|
and |
&& |
and_eq |
&= |
bitand |
& |
bitor |
| |
compl |
~ |
not |
! |
not_eq |
!= |
or |
|| |
or_eq |
|= |
xor |
^ |
xor_eq |
^= |
C++
The above-mentioned identifiers are operator keywords in the ISO C++ programming language and do not require the inclusion of a header file. For consistency, the C++98 standard provides the header <ciso646>. However the latter file has no effect, being empty.[1] Notwithstanding some compilers, such as Microsoft Visual C++, do require the header to be included in order to use these identifiers.
See also
References
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- : alternative spellings – Base Definitions Reference, The Single UNIX® Specification, Issue 7 from The Open Group
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