[Cython] Syntax for writing C macros in a Cython .pxd

[Neal Becker]

Stefan Behnel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Martin C. Martin wrote:
>> Stefan Behnel wrote:
>>> Well, in most cases macros are rather short code snippets, not function
>>> replacing code blocks. So I don't care about their symbols.
>> 
>> That's surprising to me.  Don't you think you'd want to step through
>> even short snippets in a debugger?  To have them show up as a separate
>> item in a profile, rather than spread around all the places that call
>> them?  Same with memory leaks or corruption?
> 
> Again: there are valid use cases for macros. They are mostly for speed,
> not for improved debugability.
> 

I don't see this argument.  There is no speed advantage of macros over
inline, providing your compiler supports inline.  Maybe you're talking
about C compilers that don't support inline?