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From: FSJTM@ALASKA.BITNET (...Ar Henchou Kuzh...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Don't forget the comma
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Date: 20 Oct 88 00:21:05 GMT
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Has anyone else run into this "feature" of Manx C?
It happens with both 3.4b and 3.6a (at least, the ones I have).
Minimal case -

char *array[] = { "s1" "s2" };

That's it.
Now, it seems obvious to me (and every other compiler I
have used) that this is a syntax error.  But the Manx compiler never even
burps.  What it does do is concat "s1" and "s2" into "s1s2" and put just the
one pointer into array.  This one took me quite a while to find once when
I had a large array and forgot a few commas.
I've sent a note off to Manx (since long distance calls from here can
cost an arm and a leg), but from what I've been hearing on the net about their
support, I don't expect them to reply (at least, I'm not holding my breath).
Just thought I'd see if anyone else knew about this, and maybe save someone
a few hours of  head-beating with a debugger.
[jtm]

                John McCranie      FSJTM@ALASKA
                Box 900306
                University of Alaska, Fairbanks 99775-1040

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