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<pre><code class="language-cpp"> #define glue(a, b)                        a ## b
#define concat(a, b)                      glue(a, b) // This is needed to expand `a` and `b`
#define shift1(a)                         a
#define shift2(a, b)                      a &lt;&lt; b
#define shift3(a, b, c)                   a &lt;&lt; shift2(b, c)
#define shift4(a, b, c, d)                a &lt;&lt; shift3(b, c, d)
#define shift5(a, b, c, d, e)             a &lt;&lt; shift4(b, c, d, e)
#define shift6(a, b, c, d, e, f)          a &lt;&lt; shift5(b, c, d, e, f)
#define shift7(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)       a &lt;&lt; shift6(b, c, d, e, f, g)
#define shift8(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)    a &lt;&lt; shift7(b, c, d, e, f, g, h)
#define _8th(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, ...) h
#define count(...)                        _8th(x, ## __VA_ARGS__, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)
#define chain(a, b, ...)                  a &lt;&lt; concat(shift, count(b, ## __VA_ARGS__))(b, ## __VA_ARGS__)

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	// 0 &lt;&lt; 1;
	chain(0, 1);
	chain(0, 1, 2);
	chain(0, 1, 2, 3);
	chain(0, 1, 2, 3, 4);
	chain(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
	chain(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
	chain(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7);
	// 0 &lt;&lt; 1 &lt;&lt; 2 &lt;&lt; 3 &lt;&lt; 4 &lt;&lt; 5 &lt;&lt; 6 &lt;&lt; 7;

return 0;
}</code></pre>

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