Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

On 27/02/2025 15:13, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 27/02/2025 12:56, Ar Rakin wrote:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
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// isn't devoid of quirks (this is still C after all), for example:
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    fopen(file,"rb");   // open file in \windows\system32\
    fread(...);
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Here, the // line continues onto the next, so that the fread is
commented out. But they are fewer.

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Interesting. Isn't this considered a compiler bug?

 
No. Line splicing occurs in Translation Phase 2. Comment removal doesn't
happen until Translation Phase3. If a compiler /didn't/ splice those
lines, /that/ would be a bug.
 

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The bug, of course, is using Windows and Windows-style paths :-)
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(Nice to have you back, Richard.)