compiler-warning-level-1-c4002.md

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Learn more about: Compiler Warning (level 1) C4002	Compiler Warning (level 1) C4002	11/04/2016	C4002	C4002	6bda1dfe-e2e4-4771-9794-5a404c466dd5

Compiler Warning (level 1) C4002

too many actual parameters for macro 'identifier'

The number of actual parameters in the macro exceeds the number of formal parameters in the macro definition. The preprocessor collects the extra parameters but ignores them during macro expansion.

C4002 can occur when incorrectly using Variadic Macros.

The following sample generates C4002:

// C4002.cpp
// compile with: /W1
#define test(a) (a)

int main() {
   int a = 1;
   int b = 2;
   a = test(a,b);   // C4002
   // try..
   a = test(a);
}

This error can also be generated as a result of compiler conformance work that was done for Visual Studio .NET 2003: extra commas in macro no longer accepted.

The compiler will no longer accept extra commas in a macro. For code to be valid in both the Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio .NET versions of Visual C++, remove the extra commas.

// C4002b.cpp
// compile with: /W1
#define F(x,y)
int main()
{
   F(2,,,,,,3,,,,,,)   // C4002
   // Try the following line instead:
   // F(2,3)
}