Using #define to include another file in C++/C

Question

I want to define a macro which includes another header file like so:

#define MY_MACRO (text) #include \"__FILE__##_inline.inl\"

So that whe

Answer 1

It's not possible to use #define to construct other preprocessor directives, unless you run the preprocessor twice.

But in your case even running the preprocessor twice won't help because the #include must be a single string of the form "..." or <...>.