Is there a statement expression equivalent in Visual Studio?

Question

GCC has a statment expression feature that allows macro to be defined as:

#define maxint(a,b) \
   ({int _a = (a), _b = (b); _a > _b ? _a : _b; })

This is illegal in Visual Studio.

Is there an equivalent feature in microsoft visual studio? (I know, I would better use GCC. But I am just curious).

Or, do we just have to resort to inline functions?

Answer 1

If you were using C++, I believe a lambda function could be used:

#define maxint(a,b) \
   ([=] () {int _a = (a), _b = (b); return _a > _b ? _a : _b; }())

Answer 2

There is no equivalent in the MS compiler to this non-standard GCC language extension.