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Re: backslash whitespace newline
Howard Hinnant wrote:
Some programmers purposefully put trailing whitespace on their art in
order to prevent translation phase 2 line splicing. And it actually
works everywhere but gcc. Mind you I'm not defending this practice.
I'm just reporting what happens in the field, and giving the opinion
that gcc might as well adopt the same behavior as every other compiler
... even though the standards say it doesn't have to.
-Howard
Seems a weak argument to me. Changing gcc would create incompatibilities
with previous behavior of gcc, and that is FAR more significant than
worrying about other compilers in my opinion. Having gcc compile
non-portable code accepted by other compilers is a useful goal, but
one of low priority compared to maintaining compatibility as far as
possible between gcc versions.