https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77410
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- This is correct because the token that gets expanded is MDNMx and not MDNM. When you have: #define MDNM utl1 #define m1(mdnm) mdnm##x #define m2(mdnm) m1(mdnm) m2(MDNM) first m2 gets expanded to m1(mdnm) and then m1(MDNM) gets expanded including the argument.