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From: scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: Macro names imbedded in pp-numbers [repost]
Message-ID: <956@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 89 20:15:16 GMT
References: <11134@riks.csl.sony.co.jp> <15217@haddock.ima.isc.com> <3060@splut.conmicro.com>
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In article <3060@splut.conmicro.com>, jay@splut.conmicro.com (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) writes:
> In article <11641@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> >pp-numbers work well for the
> >intended purpose and cause problems only in very rare circumstances
> >and only for programmers with an obsessive aversion to white space.
> 
> Uhm, Doug...does this mean that the behavior of a program differs with
> the use or non-use of white space? Isn't this different from the rest of
> C?

Well, not to put words in Doug's mouth ;-), but consider the
following:

	i--1	vs	i - -1
	i/*p	vs	i / *p
	i=-1	vs	i = -1	(obsolete)

Although whitespace (or lack thereof) USUALLY doesn't make a
difference, it's not unprecidented.
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