Advanced Preprocesor Tokenization in C - c

Question

I'm having problem building C macro for my PIC. It's the same for other C-based system's, so non-PIC C experts are also more than welcome.
Lets assume that I have defined my LED_1 pin :
#define LED_1 A1 //A1 as output for LED_1
So if I want to light a LED I would write:
PORTAbits.RA1 = 1;
And if I would like to do it using my LED_1 definition I have to add two more macros:
#define change_PORT_(var) PORTAbits.R##var
#define change_PORT(var) change_PORT_(var
And to use it:
change_PORT(LED_1) = 1;
And it works like a charm. But the problem is that in definitions above I have
PORT A bits.##var
So what if I want to change PORTB values? I would have to build separate macros for PORTs A and B. But it's not even close to be a robust solution.
And I came up with an idea which, I don't know why, doesnt work.
#define LED_1 A1
#define LED_2 B1
#define __A1 A //This would be defined for all PORTA's pins such as A2,A3,A4 etc
#define __B1 B
#define ___change_PORT(var,var2) PORT##var2 bits.R##var
#define __change_PORT(var,var2) ___change_PORT(var,var2)
#define _change_PORT(var) __change_PORT(var,__##var) // creating e.g. __A1
#define change_PORT(var) _change_PORT(var)
And when I try to run this:
change_PORT(LED_1);
The compiler changes __##var to ___A1 but it never changes __A1 to A so this MACRO doesn't work as it supposed to.
I spent a lot of time trying to fix it so I'd appreciate any help :)
EDIT::
I might have found a solution to my problem:
(LAT is just another register name, but it works same as PORT, so this name-change is irrelevant)
#define ___PORTchange(var,var2) PORT##var2##bits.R##var
#define __PORTchange(var,var2) ___PORTchange(var,var2)
#define CHANGE_TO_PORT_NAME(var) ___##var
#define _PORTchange(var) __PORTchange(var,CHANGE_TO_PORT_NAME(var))
#define PORTchange(var) _PORTchange(var)
but I get a compiler error:
100: PORTAbits.RA0 = 1;
^ (374) missing basic type; int assumed (warning)
^ (983) storage class redeclared
^ (984) type redeclared
^ (239) identifier "PORTAbits" redefined (from line 3900)
^ (314) ";" expected
So no it does substitute it correctly but I get a compiler warning telling me that I redefine PORTAbits which I cannot understand. I just wanted preprocessor to change PORTchange(var) to PORTxbits.Rvar where x is A or B. But instead it seems that I'm redeclaring something.
I don't get it.

Answer 1

If I preprocess (tried with several gcc versions and sun cc)
#define LED_1 A1
#define LED_2 B1
#define __A1 AX
#define __B1 BX
#define ___change_PORT(var,var2) PORT##var2##bits.R##var
#define __change_PORT(var,var2) ___change_PORT(var,var2)
#define _change_PORT(var) __change_PORT(var,__##var)
#define change_PORT(var) _change_PORT(var)
change_PORT(LED_1);
change_PORT(LED_2);
I get
PORTAXbits.RA1;
PORTBXbits.RB1;
which is apparently what you are wanting. A bug in your compiler?