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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>

#define dbg_print_int(n) \
    ( printf("%s == %d\n", (#n), (n)) )
// This would be IMPOSSIBLE with a function.  Only a macro can access the text of how
// the argument was expressed when the function-like macro was invoked.
//
// WARNING:  Do not add a semicolon at the end of a function call in a macro, since it
// will be part of the invocation where the macro is used.

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    dbg_print_int(3 + 5);
    printf("%s == %d", ("3 + 5"), (3 + 5));  // We have THIS SEMICOLON

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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