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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Optional semi-colons
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Date: 30 Apr 89 14:29:00 GMT
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>For example, the C preprocessor. Having a unique statement terminator frees
>the programmer of worrying where newlines might show up after macro expansion.

Really? What happens if macro expansion results in a string longer
than 509 characters, or an expression several thousands of bytes long?
I have had both of those happen. Serious worries result.

Doug McDonald