Re: invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0

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Date	Tue, 13 Sep 2022 07:54:03 -0700
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Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> writes:

> I noticed that current gcc and clang give an error on the following:
>
> #if 0
> \u003a
> #endif
>
> but not on
>
> /*
> \u003a
> */
>
> While I see that \u003a is a constraint violation, I do not see how it
> follows from the standard that this is a constraint violation even
> inside #if 0.

I believe this behavior is a misdiagnosis on the part of these
compilers.  Please see also my response to Kaz Kylheku in this
thread.

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invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0 Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2022-08-31 08:28 +0200
  Re: invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0 Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> - 2022-08-31 06:52 +0000
    Re: invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0 Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-13 07:52 -0700
  Re: invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0 Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-31 02:13 -0700
    Re: invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0 Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> - 2022-08-31 16:51 +0000
      Re: invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0 Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2022-08-31 10:57 -0700
  Re: invalid universal character gives error even after #if 0 Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-09-13 07:54 -0700

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