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Re: warning: multi-line comment (why?)

To: Jamie Lokier <egcs at tantalophile dot demon dot co dot uk>
Subject: Re: warning: multi-line comment (why?)
From: Neil Booth <NeilB at earthling dot net>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:12:57 +0100
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <20000925230543.A28863@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> <200009252218.XAA03418@phal.cygnus.co.uk> <20000925235347.A12334@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> <20000926124343.A17752@pcep-jamie.cern.ch>

Jamie Lokier wrote:-

> You didn't read my code did you? :-)

Not closely enough :)

> The coding is deliberate, though you may disagree with my choice.

OK, I'm not of a strong opinion.

> The code to track the column number is very, very rarely called.  You
> have to have an escaped newline at the end of a // comment, followed by
> tab characters to reach that code.  How likely is that?  So forget about
> the overhead; there isn't one.

Yes.

Neil.

References:
- Re: warning: multi-line comment (why?)
  - From: Joern Rennecke
- Re: warning: multi-line comment (why?)
  - From: Neil Booth
- Re: warning: multi-line comment (why?)
  - From: Jamie Lokier

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