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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:26:29 +0100
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On 27/02/2025 15:13, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> 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.
> 

The bug, of course, is using Windows and Windows-style paths :-)

(Nice to have you back, Richard.)