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Token concatentation (##) in C preprocessor

#define MY_MACRO(A,B) \
instance MyClass A##B where ...

MY_MACRO(Foo,Bar)

Should expand to

instance MyClass FooBar where ...

This behavior is defined in the C standard, and is quite handy. Presently GHC leaves the '##' in the expanded text.

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