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Article #3040<iso646.h>
From: peter curran
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:38
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:38
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Re: <iso646.h> It seems to me that this is a reasonable solution (if I understand it correctly). Note that if your code does not include the <iso646.h> header file, it does not affect you at all. This is a key point, and differs from the trigraph situation, where anyone can be bitten (although the chances are pretty small), whether s/he knows about them or not. On the other hand, if you are in an environment where some or all of the "national" characters have been redefined, making the standard ASCII graphics unavailable, there are now standard substitutions that are reasonably readable (at least in English!), less ugly than trigraphs, and that you can get used to consistently in all code. Without this proposal, everyone affected by the problem would [do] no doubt adopt their own macros, degrading the readability of their code. Peter Curran Usenet: peter.curran@canrem.com RIME: CRS (#118) --- þ DeLuxeý 1.25 #12339 þ -- Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate!dosgate![peter.curran@canrem.com] From: "peter curran" <peter.curran@canrem.com> Subject: <iso646.h> Message-ID: <1992Dec17.4502.4668@dosgate> Reply-To: "peter curran" <peter.curran@canrem.com> Organization: Canada Remote Systems Distribution: comp Date: 17 Dec 92 14:38:37 EST Lines: 26