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Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ?

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Subject Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ?
Date Mon, 22 May 2023 22:18:13 +0100
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Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes:

> On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 12:30:52 PM UTC-3, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>How much code will break if this changes?
>
> If we don't break code that means we allow silly things inside 
> preprocessor directives.

Yes.  The PP was always a hack.  Yet it was a superb example of an
effective engineering compromise at the time.

And C lives by being stable.  The committee seems to be less
conservative that in the past, and the worries me.

-- 
Ben.

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deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 05:19 -0700
  Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-05-22 16:30 +0100
    Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 11:14 -0700
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-05-22 21:46 +0200
        Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 13:06 -0700
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-05-22 22:15 +0100
        Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 15:10 -0700
          Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 15:56 -0700
            Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 17:45 -0700
              Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 17:47 -0700
                Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-05-23 01:24 -0700
                Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 03:59 -0700
                Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2023-05-23 16:51 +0100
                Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 10:40 -0700
                Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 11:07 -0700
                Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 13:31 -0700
    Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 11:29 -0700
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-05-22 22:18 +0100
        Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-07-20 09:14 -0700
  Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-05-22 17:31 +0200
    Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 11:17 -0700
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-05-22 21:52 +0200
  Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2023-05-22 09:10 -0700
  Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-05-22 19:10 +0000
    Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 12:25 -0700
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2023-05-22 21:58 +0200
        Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 13:21 -0700
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-05-22 20:15 +0000
  Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2023-05-22 15:12 -0700
    Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-05-23 06:57 +0000
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 00:13 -0700
  Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 20:40 -0400
    Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-05-24 02:05 +0100
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 19:07 -0700
        Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 19:09 -0700
          Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-05-24 12:07 -0400
        Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 19:34 -0700
      Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 22:32 -0400
        Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 19:44 -0700
    Re: deprecate backslash-newline (line continuation) ? Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 19:08 -0700

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