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Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals

From Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals
Date 2020-01-20 13:53 +0000
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Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> wrote:
> In C++ there is a preprocessor step which logically comes first and 
> prepares the preprocessed source consisting of remaining tokens. 
> However, preprocessor is line-based, so it ought to conflict with the 
> multi-line string literals:
> 
> #include <iostream>
> 
> #if 1
> 
> int main() {
>        const char* test = R"__(
> 
> #else
> 
>     )__";
>        std::cout << test;
> }
> 
> #endif

How about the other way around? Is this valid C++ or not?

//------------------------------
#include <iostream>

#define TEST R"#(line1
line2
line3
)#"

int main()
{
    std::cout << TEST;
}
//------------------------------

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C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-01-16 17:37 +0200
  Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-16 09:46 -0800
    Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2020-01-16 22:49 +0100
      Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-16 14:43 -0800
        Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Manfred <invalid@add.invalid> - 2020-01-17 01:24 +0100
          Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-16 16:38 -0800
            Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Manfred <invalid@add.invalid> - 2020-01-17 03:27 +0100
  Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2020-01-16 20:07 +0000
  Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-01-20 13:53 +0000
    Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-01-20 18:31 +0200
    Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-01-20 18:19 +0100
      Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-01-21 08:24 +0000
        Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals boltar@nowhere.org - 2020-01-21 16:43 +0000
          Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-01-21 19:25 +0200
            Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals boltar@nowhere.org - 2020-01-22 09:58 +0000
              Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals guinness.tony@gmail.com - 2020-01-22 02:11 -0800
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals boltar@nowhere.org - 2020-01-22 10:24 +0000
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-23 22:25 -0500
              Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2020-01-22 13:28 +0200
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals boltar@nowhere.org - 2020-01-22 12:07 +0000
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-22 05:33 -0800
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals boltar@nowhere.org - 2020-01-22 16:03 +0000
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-22 10:50 -0800
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals boltar@nowhere.org - 2020-01-23 09:22 +0000
                Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2020-01-22 18:59 +0100
              Re: C++ preprocessor and multi-line string literals Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2020-01-22 12:03 +0000

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