Macro not declared in this scope

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Published on 2013-10-24T03:49:39Z Indexed on 2013/10/24 3:53 UTC
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I'm using a preprocessor #define macro to count the number of functions in a header file:

#define __INDEX -1

//First group of functions
void func1(void);
#define __FUNC1_INDEX __INDEX + 1
void func2(void);
#define __FUNC2_INDEX __FUNC1_INDEX + 1
#undef __INDEX
#define __INDEX __FUNC2_INDEX

//Second group of functions
void func3(void);
#define __FUNC3_INDEX __INDEX + 1
void func4(void);
#define __FUNC4_INDEX __FUNC3_INDEX + 1
#undef __INDEX
#define __INDEX __FUNC4_INDEX

//Third group of functions
void func5(void);
#define __FUNC5_INDEX __INDEX + 1
void func6(void);
#define __FUNC6_INDEX __FUNC5_INDEX + 1
#undef __INDEX
#define __INDEX __FUNC6_INDEX

#define __NUM_FUNCTIONS __INDEX + 1

The preprocessor gets through the first two sets of functions just fine, but when it reaches the line:

#define __FUNC5_INDEX __INDEX + 1

I get a "not defined in this scope" error for __INDEX. What makes this really confusing is the fact that the same exact thing is done [successfully] in the second group of functions; __FUNC3_INDEX takes on the value of __INDEX + 1. There's no typos anywhere, as far as I can tell... what's the problem?

I'm using g++ 4.8.

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