PATCH: Support for Pascal strings -- Take 2

[Fergus Henderson]

On 01-Jul-2001, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> 
> --On Friday, June 29, 2001 12:10:22 PM -0700 Ziemowit Laski 
> <zlaski@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ok, here is a new, "leaner and meaner" version of the Pascal string patch
> > that I submitted on June 15.  Per Zack Weinberg's suggestion, I removed
> > all modifications in cpplib sources, and moved \p handling to
> > lex_string(). Also, I've added a blurb in extend.texi describing the
> > usage of Pascal literals.
> 
> I am not in favor on a technical basis.  Too much complication for too
> little win.

For what it is worth, I'm in favour of this one.
There are some real benefits, and the complication seems
to me to be relatively small, so I think it is worth it.

I don't have authority to approve it, though.

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