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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:24:09 -0800
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 27/02/2025 12:56, Ar Rakin wrote:
>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> 
>>> // isn't devoid of quirks (this is still C after all), for example:
>>>
>>>     fopen(file,"rb");   // open file in \windows\system32\
>>>     fread(...);
>>>
>>> Here, the // line continues onto the next, so that the fread is
>>> commented out. But they are fewer.
>> Interesting. Isn't this considered a compiler bug?
>
> No. Line splicing occurs in Translation Phase 2. Comment removal
> doesn't happen until Translation Phase3. If a compiler /didn't/ splice
> those lines, /that/ would be a bug.

<OT>Long time no see.  Welcome back!</OT>

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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