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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: Macro names imbedded in pp-numbers [repost]
Message-ID: <11648@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 19 Nov 89 01:23:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: smoke.11648
References: <11134@riks.csl.sony.co.jp> <12570031@hpclwjm.HP.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <12570031@hpclwjm.HP.COM> walter@hpclwjm.HP.COM (Walter Murray) writes:
>Because <0x7e-getchar> doesn't match any of these, the constraint
>is violated, the program is illegal, and a diagnostic must be produced.

Right, and thus this is not a "quiet change".
Fixing the source code might be a nuisance, but fortunately the
cases where it would be necessary are exceedingly rare.