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Re: Is this code valid under g++

LLeweLLyn Reese <llewelly at lifesupport dot shutdown dot com> writes:

>>         while (*item == ' ' || *item == '   ')
>
> No. '   ' is a multicharacter char literal. It is not part of standard
>     C++,

That was what I thought, but it's ok, although its value is
implementation-defined. See 2.13.2/1

> not portable in general, and AFAIK a gcc extension. If you
>     mean a tab, use \t.

[snip]

-- 
Oscar
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