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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:13:58 +0000
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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.

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