Null characters in files
Jason Merrill
jason@cygnus.com
Mon Apr 3 11:00:00 GMT 2000
>>>>> Andrew Haley <aph@pasanda.cygnus.co.uk> writes:
>> From: Jason Merrill <jason@cygnus.com>
>> Date: 03 Apr 2000 10:37:00 -0700
>>
>> >>>>> Neil Booth <NeilB@earthling.net> writes:
>>
>> > With this patch null characters are handled as follows:-
>>
>> > o Embedded in a comment, they go unnoticed
>> > o Embedded in a string, a warning is issued and the null ignored
>>
>> No. Embedded in a string, they should be passed through. It's perfectly
>> reasonable to have an embedded null in a string.
> But we still want a warning, no?
I don't feel strongly about that.
Jason
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