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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: #error
Message-ID: <16000@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 30 Apr 91 14:42:42 GMT
References: <18721@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <1991Apr23.000427.14716@tkou02.enet.dec.com> <4392.281abeb4@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <4392.281abeb4@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Stan Brown) writes:
>So we have the official interpretation that a program can die upon
>reading #error and producing the required diagnostic, ...

No, you do NOT have an official interpretation of this issue.

I personally think the Rationale is incorrect on this, and would have
to vote on the other side if a request for interpretation reaches X3J11.