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From:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization:	INTI
To:	dbagpc AT aol DOT com (DBA GPC), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 1998 10:39:54 +0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: compiler line number mismatch
In-reply-to:	<1998071504264200.AAA01760@ladder01.news.aol.com>

dbagpc AT aol DOT com (DBA GPC) wrote:

> when i receive an error or message, the line number reported in the message
> does not match the line number in the source file.  I have noticed that a blank
> line is not counter by the compiler, and this makes it very very difficult to
> locate compiler errors because the compiler line number and rhide editor line
> number do not match.  does any one have a solution to this problem or issues. 
> thanks in advance

Strange ... Only one thing comes to my mind: If you are using gcc 
2.8.x and you have multiline strings inside macros like this:

#define XX "That's \
a long \
string"

The gcc 2.8.x preprocessor will fail to report the lines because 
doesn't join the string. That's a bug in 2.8.x.

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