cpp:s handling of \-CR-LF continuation lines

[Niels Möller]

Zack Weinberg <zack@wolery.cumb.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 06:20:32PM +0100, Niels Möller wrote:
> > I have a set of source files that are shared between w*ndows and unix
> > environments. The files are mostly edited under w*ndows.

[...]

> > Symptoms are "stray \ in program" errors followed by other parse
> > errors.
> 
> This is a well known problem.  No one's doing any real work on cccp,
> but cpplib has already been patched to handle DOS-style line breaks -
> you missed the 'else if' clause below the one you modified.

I tought to be an old wel known problem. That's why I was a little
surprised to encounter it...

> If you are prepared to build your own copy of the compiler, I suggest
> configuring with --enable-cpplib.  You may then encounter genuine bugs
> which you should report.

Thanks for the hint. I'm reconfiguring now. I was honestly confused
about not finding any cpplib objects when I built with the default
configuration. *compiling*

Using cpplib seems to help. Thanks!

/Niels