Inline Versus Macros

#define SQUARE(X) X*X

inline square(double x) {return x*x;}

Using macros to perform function-like services. This works not by passinig arguments but through text substitution, with the X action as a symbolic label for the "argument"

SQUARE (4.5+7.5) //4.5+7.5*4.5+7.5

#define SQUARE (X) (X)*(X)

SQUARE (4.5+7.5) //(4.5+7.5)*(4.5+7.5)

SQUARE (n++) //(n++)*(n++), n is incremented twice