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#ifndef MACRO_H
#define MACRO_H
// generic macros
// dout << "This is a sample debug statement" << endl;
//
// dout is normally a comment
// use #define _DEBUG where you want these to be shown
// or use a -D compile time statement to see them all
// -D_DEBUG
#define COMMENT SLASH(/)
#define SLASH(s) /##s
#ifdef _DEBUG
#include <iostream>
#define dout std::cout
#else
#define dout COMMENT
#endif
#endif
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