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Article #5118Re: The \z escape
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1988 15:53
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1988 15:53
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In article <8806220649.AA01761@jade.berkeley.edu> ERICMC@USU.BITNET (Eric Tye McQueen) writes: >char str[4]= "Help"; >would have to compile without error. That's already common practice; it wasn't invented by X3J11. >I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't make it in, but it'd be a nice change. >Who would it hurt? Any substantive change at this point would delay the final standard by several months. The general committee sentiment appears to be that we could keep up the small tweaks forever, but that the present draft is sufficient. The proponent of any additional non-editorial change will have to demonstrate that the change is important enough to justify delaying the standard. "Nice change" won't cut it.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: The \z escape Message-ID: <8137@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: 22 Jun 88 15:53:47 GMT References: <8806220649.AA01761@jade.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 15