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From: daniel@terra.ucsc.edu (Daniel Edelson)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: #error
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Date: 21 Apr 91 06:07:30 GMT
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Reply-To: daniel@terra.ucsc.edu (Daniel Edelson)
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There is no constraint to the effect:

	``The #error directive shall not be present.''

Therefore, a strictly conforming program may contain #error.

The question is: must a conforming implementation "successfully 
translate" any strictly conforming program?
*) If yes, a program containing #error must produce an
   executable program. Implementations that don't are broken.
*) If no, a conforming implementation may fail to translate any 
   program whatsoever.

What is the correct interpretation?

Daniel Edelson