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Re: Help : File does not end with newline
- To: dewar at gnat dot com
- Subject: Re: Help : File does not end with newline
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:30:50 -0400
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, kaih at khms dot westfalen dot de
- References: <20011001012419.EE6EAF2B7A@nile.gnat.com>
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 09:24:19PM -0400, dewar@gnat.com wrote:
><<Cygwin is a little strange, however, in that it tries to straddle the
>worlds of Windows and UNIX. The special behavior of CTRL-Z was
>actually causing other problems with ported UNIX tools, even in text
>mode. That is why we decided to eliminate it.
>
>interesting, can you elaborate. I certainly think is is a bad idea to
>*generate* 1A characters, but recognizing them *at the end of the file
>only* seems like it should be completely harmless. I suspect baby and
>bath water here :-)
I don't think that elaboration is really a subject for the gcc mailing
list.
Feel free to broach the discussion at cygwin@cygwin.com, however.
cgf