c-mode problem (with '\n'?)

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From: Dennis Jespersen
Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 17:25

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I am using gnu emacs version 18.55.121 on a NeXT with system software
2.0.  Using the file c-mode.el that comes with the machine
(/usr/lib/emacs/lisp/c-mode.el), there seem to be problems when a
program has things like '\n' in it.  For example, this simple fragment:

/* From K&R I, Chap. 1, p. 17 */

main()
{
  int c, nl;

  nl = 0;
  while ((c=getchar()) != EOF)
    if (c == '\n')
	++nl;
	printf("%d\n", nl);
      }

Emacs complains about unbalanced parentheses and won't properly indent
the code (the indentation given above is what it gives me -- the
printf() line is improperly indented and the final closing brace
really does close the function).  Any suggestions as to the fix?  By
the way, the header information on c-mode.el is:
;; C code editing commands for Emacs
;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
--
Dennis Jespersen
MS 202A-1
NASA Ames Research Center
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From: jesperse@nas.nasa.gov (Dennis Jespersen)
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Subject: c-mode problem (with '\n'?)
Summary: c-mode.el has troubles when code has '\n' (for example)
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