From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: Form feed comment for pragma Page
Date: 1996/06/04
Date: 1996-06-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DsHHCq.F4r@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.833858501@schonberg
In article <dewar.833858501@schonberg>, Robert Dewar <dewar@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>Second, form feed *is* in the allowed set of characters for Ada
>source code, but it is a logical end of line separator, so you
>cannot put it in the middle of a comment (since it ends the logical line).
>Again, no change from 83 to 95 here.
Quite true, but implementers can play games, since the RM does not
define the source representation. Just because your editor and
operating system think it's a form-feed, doesn't mean your compiler
does, and vice-versa.
- Bob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-06-04 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-06-04 0:00 Form feed comment for pragma Page Rex Reges
1996-06-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-04 0:00 ` Arthur Evans Jr
1996-06-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-06 0:00 ` Text_IO and Ada source (was: Form feed comment for pragma Page) Arthur Evans Jr
1996-06-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-11 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-18 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-05 0:00 ` Form feed comment for pragma Page Keith Thompson
1996-06-04 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1996-06-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-06 0:00 ` Rex Reges
1996-06-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Rex Reges
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Rex Reges
1996-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-13 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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