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Re: line size on C sources files
- To: BIONDI Philippe <Philippe dot BIONDI at enst-bretagne dot fr>
- Subject: Re: line size on C sources files
- From: Stephen Frost <sfrost at mail dot snowman dot net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:31:29 -0500 (EST)
- "From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>"
- cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, BIONDI Philippe wrote:
> Is there anywhere on earth a rule/specification/usage that say that a C
> source file must not have any line that exceeds 255 characters ?
Not that I am aware of. C has always (to my knowledge) completely
ignored whitespace. gcc certainly doesn't appear to care.
> I remember when my TPascal 4 EDI complained about lines bigger than 128
> characters, but I don't know any rule that limit this size (neither posix,
> nor ansi..). Am I wrong ?
> Because if such rule exist, gcc cpp is wrong expanding macros on one
> (sometimes very long) line, and my Ingres precompiler win the round.
> If not, my convictions are right and esqlc is too badly coded ! (and I can
> complain to CAI)
Hrm, sounds like 'esqlc' is badly coded, yes, but I would question if
you actually *need* to have a 255+ line. :)
Stephen