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Re: PATCH: Support for Pascal strings -- Take 2
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Support for Pascal strings -- Take 2
- From: Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs dot mu dot oz dot au>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 08:14:02 +1000
- Cc: Ziemowit Laski <zlaski at apple dot com>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- References: <200106291910.MAA15591@scv3.apple.com> <16950000.994010269@warlock.codesourcery.com>
On 01-Jul-2001, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> --On Friday, June 29, 2001 12:10:22 PM -0700 Ziemowit Laski
> <zlaski@apple.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok, here is a new, "leaner and meaner" version of the Pascal string patch
> > that I submitted on June 15. Per Zack Weinberg's suggestion, I removed
> > all modifications in cpplib sources, and moved \p handling to
> > lex_string(). Also, I've added a blurb in extend.texi describing the
> > usage of Pascal literals.
>
> I am not in favor on a technical basis. Too much complication for too
> little win.
For what it is worth, I'm in favour of this one.
There are some real benefits, and the complication seems
to me to be relatively small, so I think it is worth it.
I don't have authority to approve it, though.
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