question on bind(c) global vars

[Brooks Moses]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 03:26:40AM +0100, Tobias Schlüter wrote:
> dg-error matches a regular expression.  Parentheses have a special  
> meaning in regular expressions.  Thus your match should look something  
> like
> { dg-error "can not be BIND\(C\)" } or
> { dg-error "can not be BIND.C." }
> 
> (I'm wondering if you shouldn't use "cannot", but I forgot the precise  
> rule for distinguishing between the two.)

Yes, that should definitely be "cannot".

The rule to remember is "Don't use 'can not'."  :)

The more precise explanation is that, if you use "can not", it looks
like it means "it's possible for this not to be bind(C)" -- which
generally implies that it's also true that it "can be bind(C)", too.

- Brooks