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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: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:24:19 +0000
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On 28/02/2025 09:22, David Brown wrote:
> On 27/02/2025 22:24, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> 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>
>>
> 
> As long as it's not "Long time no C" :-)

I'm afraid it is. Nowadays I spend most of my time arguing with 
\LaTeX, although when I do cut code it is in C (and that's proper 
C, of course, not this newfangled gibberish).

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Richard Heathfield
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