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Orchestra macros work like C preprocessor macros, and replace the content of the macro in the orchestra before it is compiled. The opcodes one can use to create, call, or undefine orchestra macros are:
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Orchestra macros can also be defined using the command line flag <a class="link" href="CommandFlagsCategory.html#FlagsCatMinusOmacro"><em class="citetitle">--omacro:</em></a>.
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