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Date:	Wed, 08 May 2002 12:24:12 -0400
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Subject:	Re: RFA: Ignore DOS end-of-line characters (ctrl-Z) unless -W
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Andris Pavenis wrote:
> On Wed, 8 May 2002, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
... snip ...
> >
> > I agree with Andris: the right thing is to stop reading at the
> > first ^Z character.  (A warning under -W is also okay, I think.)
> >
> > If ignoring everything after ^Z is somehow a problem, please
> > describe the situation where that problem happens.
> 
> One situation is our problems with DJGPP. For this case
> preventing using input after ^Z in gcc/cppfiles.c is enough
> (enclosing related code in '#ifdef __DJGPP__' and '#endif'). I
> did it for DJGPP ports of gcc-3.0.X and will keep for gcc-3.1
> (had to update it as patch was slightly bitrotted)
> 
> Original message (and patch) was due to a different reason: use
> of source files originated from DOS under other systems
> (unfortunatelly read initial message not too carefully ...)
> 
> > Hmm, does this mean GCC reads files in binary mode?  (If not,
> > the library will stop at the first ^Z, and GCC itself will
> > never see any ^Zs.)
> 
> It reads in binary mode.

So I think this patch to ignore all after a ^Z is essential.  Many
editors and other utilities install the ^Z EOF marker routinely. 
Some utilities (I have built some) use this to install auxiliary
data after the text file EOF marker, such as CRC checksums.

Why does GCC read in binary mode?

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