The preprocessor included with most C++ compilers is probably way too weak for this kind of task. It was never designed for this kind of abuse. The boost preprocessor library could help you on the way, but I still think you're heading down a one-way street here.
1) define INSERT create() is not a function-like macro it's object-like, something like define INSERT(a, b, c) create(a, b, c) would be.
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