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Wave: a Standard conformant C++ preprocessor library

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Describes a free and fully Standard conformant C++ preprocessor library
// elementary tests for #import
#define A() 1

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#region region_A

#define B() 2

// test, whether global macros are (in)visible here
A() = A()
2 = B()

// import a global name
#import ::A

// test, whether global macros are (in)visible here
1 = A()
2 = B()

// nested region
#region region_B

#define C() 3
#define D() 4

// test, whether global macros are (in)visible here
// test, whether macros from other scopes are (in)visible here
A() = A()
B() = B()
3 = C()
4 = D()

// #import a global name and a name from an outer scope
#import ::A, ::region_A::B

// test, whether global macros are (in)visible here
// test, whether macros from other scopes are (in)visible here
1 = A()
2 = B()
3 = C()
4 = D()

#endregion // region_B

// test, whether macros from other scopes are (in)visible here
C() = C()
D() = D()

// import a name from an inner scope
#import ::region_A::region_B::C
#import region_B::D

3 = C()
4 = D()

#endregion // region_A

// test, whether macros, defined inside a scope are (in)visible here
1 = A()
B() = B()
D() = D()

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// the named region is extended here
#region region_A

// test, whether global macros are (in)visible here
#define E() 5

1 = A()
2 = B()
3 = E()

// extend nested region
#region region_B

1 = A()
2 = B()
3 = C()
4 = D()
E() = E()

#import ::region_A::E

1 = A()
2 = B()
3 = C()
4 = D()
5 = E()

#endregion // region_B
#endregion // region_A

// test, whether macros, defined inside a scope are (in)visible here
#if defined(B)
#error "Macro 'B' shouldn't be visible here!"
#endif

1 = A()
B() = B()
C() = C()
D() = D()
E() = E()

// import names from inner scopes to the global scope
#import ::region_A::B, region_A::E

1 = A()
2 = B()
C() = C()
D() = D()
5 = E()

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