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Re[2]: gcc and extended character source code
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Re[2]: gcc and extended character source code


  • Subject: Re[2]: gcc and extended character source code
  • From: Peter Mulholland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:47:36 +0000

Hello David,

Monday, February 11, 2008, 6:48:25 AM, you wrote:

> "Variable names have one to eight characters, chosen from A-Z, a-z,
> 0-9, and _, and start with a non-digit."  Programming in C:  A
> Tutorial, Brian W. Kernighan,
> <http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-tutor.html
 >>

> Variable names that don't use ASCII are illegal -- doesn't matter what
> encoding the source code file has, the compiler won't parse the A-
> umlaut.

> If you don't want to change it, have the original author do so,
> because it's not standard.

Lame. Typical of *nix to still have its head in the sand.

The original author doesn't care - he's only concerned about the code
compiling on Windows, as far as he's concerned it's my job to port it.

--
Best regards,
 Peter                            mailto:email@hidden

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