[Bug preprocessor/9449] UCNs not recognized in identifiers (c++/c99)

[gdr at integrable-solutions dot net]

------- Additional Comments From gdr at integrable-solutions dot net  2004-12-16 02:36 -------
Subject: Re:  UCNs not recognized in identifiers (c++/c99)

"zack at codesourcery dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| Joseph Myers insists that this situation cannot arise, because
| C99/C++'s lists of valid Unicode code points in identifiers exclude
| all combining forms.  But if I enforce those rules users will hate the
| compiler, because their text editors will generate what looks like
| perfectly fine text and then the compiler will barf on it.  And I am

I don't see how that would be different from current situation with

   bool est_il_ingénieur(const Employé&);

The compiler will barf and eventually users will learn feeding the
compiler with proper character sets.

| not prepared to trust that every editor on the planet will adhere to
| C99/C++'s rules.

Maybe, but I think that is irrelevant and beside the point. 

-- Gaby


-- 


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9449