Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

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

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
 

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

 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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