Message-Id:	<199809050354.XAA27237@delorie.com>
Comments:	Authenticated sender is <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
From:	"George Foot" <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	richard AT wynne DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
Date:	Sat, 5 Sep 1998 04:52:07 +0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: gcc 2.7.2.1: Won't compile | or || symbols (really!)
Reply-to:	mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On  5 Sep 98 at 0:57, richard AT wynne DOT demon DOT co DOT uk wrote:

> Just installed gcc 2.7.2.1 (from djgpp distribution). Believe it or
> not, I can't get logical or bitwise OR (pipe symbol) to compile. Get
> message "parse error before character 0335", 335 being the (octal)
> ascii for the pipe character. For example, this won't compile:
> 
> int main (int argc, char * argv[]) {
>   if((argc == 1) || (argc == 2)) {
>     return 1;
>   } else {
>     return o;
>   }
> }
> 
> Nothing wrong with my PC (Win 95, UK English setup), and my pipes
> otherwise work fine.
> 
> Can't contemplate coding without OR, so any ideas out there?

0335 is not the octal for the real pipe character.  There are two (on 
UK setups, at least) -- Shift+\ and AltGr+`.  The `real' one should 
be Shift+\, if you have your settings correct.  To fix this I once 
fiddled around with codepages and the keyb utility, but now I just 
seem to have "keyb uk" in my autoexec.bat and it works fine.  Make 
sure your system really is setup up correctly.  If you get a choice, 
try a different code page; I think both 437 and 860 are quoted as 
being valid in the UK.

What editor are you using?

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george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk

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