From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Fw: Possible GCC Bug
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NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:39:05 GMT
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Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:39:06 GMT
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 01:43:48 +0100, "Nick Fleming"
<marmalade AT x-stream DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Nick Fleming <marmalade AT x-stream DOT co DOT uk>
>To: <gnu AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu>
>Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 1:40 AM
>Subject: Possible GCC Bug
>
>
>> Sorry about this but..
>> 
>> I think I've found a tiny bug in GCC.
>> 
>> (Version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
>> 
>> - while using djgpp's rhide program.
>> 
>> A snippet from my code :
>> 
>> 0xff, // 00000000  // [
>> 0x3c, // 00111100
>> 0x30, // 00110000
>> 0x30, // 00110000
>> 0x30, // 00110000
>> 0x30, // 00110000
>> 0x3c, // 00111100
>> 0xff, // 00000000
>> 
>> 0xff, // 00000000  // \
>> 0x60, // 01100000
>> 0x70, // 01110000
>> 0x38, // 00111000
>> 0x1c, // 00011100
>> 0x0e, // 00001110
>> 0x06, // 00000110
>> 0x00, // 00000000
>> 
>> 0xff, // 00000000  // ]
>> 0x3c, // 00111100
>> 0x0c, // 00001100
>> 0x0c, // 00001100
>> 0x0c, // 00001100
>> 0x0c, // 00001100
>> 0x3c, // 00111100
>> 0x00, // 00000000
>> 
>> In the above snippet of code, the second group of  bytes has a row missing when
>> compiled.. To correct it I have to write the first line as follows:
>> 
>> 0xff, // 00000000  // '\'

or 0xff, // 00000000  // \       [enter]
Make sure you put spaces after the \

>> I think gcc's scanner is interpreting the slash as a special character, rather
>> than just skipping it as it should as it is part of a single line comment.
>> 
>> Hope this is some use, if not please pass it on to
>> someone who needs to know this sort of thing.

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