trigraphs in X3J11

Karl Heuer karl at haddock.ISC.COM
Tue Jun 7 02:57:57 AEST 1988


In article <8805261740.AA00659 at explorer.dgp.toronto.edu> flaps at dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal) writes:
>In other words, a useful compiler will not implement trigraphs but will
>give a warning message when it encounters them.

If it issues warning messages, why should the compiler bother to implement the
old meaning?  I'd think that the set of users who have programs containing
accidental trigraphs *and* can look at a compiler warning without wanting to
make it go away (by fixing their programs) would be very small.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint



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