The specification says that redefining a macro is an error, unless the
new definitions is identical to the old one, (identical replacement
lists but ignoring differing amounts of whitespace).
--- /dev/null
+#define abc 123
+#define abc 123
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+#define foo(x) (x)+23
+#define foo(x) ( x ) + 23
--- /dev/null
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--- /dev/null
+#define x y
+#define x z
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+#define abc 123
+#define abc() 123
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+#define foo() bar
+#define foo(x) bar
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+#define bar() baz
+#define bar baz
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+#define biff(a,b) a+b
+#define biff(a,b,c) a+b
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+#define oper(a,b) a+b
+#define oper(a,b) a*b
--- /dev/null
+0:2(9): preprocessor error: Redefinition of macro x
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+0:5(9): preprocessor error: Redefinition of macro abc
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+0:8(9): preprocessor error: Redefinition of macro foo
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+0:11(9): preprocessor error: Redefinition of macro bar
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+0:14(9): preprocessor error: Redefinition of macro biff
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+0:17(9): preprocessor error: Redefinition of macro oper
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