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Re: 0x47e+barney not considered C

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From: William E. Davidsen Jr
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1988 18:18
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In article <1287@maccs.McMaster.CA> gordan@maccs.UUCP () writes:
| Somebody pointed out a while ago that whitespace is sometimes needed in
| programs.  For instance,

| [ ... instance deleted ... ]

| So type   0x47e + barney.
| 
| And smile.
 And don't EVER use a pretty formatter again, because the option to
delete whitespace may be on. Maybe we should put (parenthesis)(on)
(every)(token).

It sounds as if the response is that the fix is complicated, so it won't
get done.
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: 0x47e+barney not considered C
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Date: 5 Jul 88 18:18:10 GMT
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