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Re: RFC: cpplib: multiline strings
- To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: RFC: cpplib: multiline strings
- From: Bruce Korb <bkorb at sco dot COM>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:34:46 -0700
- CC: Neil Booth <NeilB at earthling dot net>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation
- References: <E13QQs0-0003Ak-00@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> <jm1yzijsex.fsf@envy.cygnus.com>
- Reply-To: Bruce Korb <bkorb at gnu dot org>
Geoff Keating wrote:
> This would break
>
> asm ("\
>
> # this little chunk of asm frobs `bar'.
> frob bar
> # ok, it wasn't a very helpful comment :-).
> ");
>
> wouldn't it? There are some platforms where '#'
> is the only reliable assembler comment character.
Neil suggested one alternative:
" "# ok, ...
I can suggest another:
\# ok, ...
either is adequate. Relaxing the single-line constraint
would be "really nice". :-)