Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: quotes inside #if 0
Message-ID: <1989Sep6.163209.19907@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2014@munnari.oz.au>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 89 16:32:09 GMT

In article <2014@munnari.oz.au> ok@cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) writes:
>The compiler sees words like "don't" in the English text and snarls that
>these are unterminated character constants.  This used to be perfectly
>good C...

No, it used to be borderline C that some compilers would accept but some
wouldn't.  It is now definitely not legal C, X3J11 having cleared up most
of the borderline areas.
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