Bug 18818 - Continuation character fails in compile stage
Summary: Continuation character fails in compile stage
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: gcc
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-10-10 14:42 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-10-10 14:42:59 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2000-10-10 14:42:56 UTC
I try to compile the following, I get a parse erorr:

#include <stdio.h>
/* the continuation character causes an error. If the chaharacter is 
removed and the following two line are joined, there is no problem */
#define PRINT (x) \
  printf(x);

main(){
  PRINT("\nHello\n");
}

Note I have created a similar file in vi so there is no CR/LF issues and 
the problem still occurs. I have a lot of source code that relies on the 
continuation character support. Please confirm this a soon as possible.
Thanks,
Gene

Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2000-10-10 14:54:04 UTC
Well, the code you provided above should give a parse error, because you have
space between PRINTF and (, which causes that PRINTF is not a function like
macro and the body of main expands to (x) printf(x);("\nHello\n");
If you indeed have no space between PRINTF and ( and the above is just a typo,
then make sure there are no spaces/tabs after the \ at the end of line.

Comment 2 Need Real Name 2000-10-10 15:36:59 UTC
It turns out I was a little premature in my bug report. The file I was working 
with was transferred to my pc form a NT box. When I ran vi the extra characters 
did not show up. It did however when I ran vi in binary mode.

Sorry for the inconveience.



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