unterminated character constant

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From: Kevin Martin
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:04

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Compiling the following code segment (no compiler options):

	#if 0
	   This is a test of an if
	   This line isn't going to work
	   But this line will, as will the first line
	#endif

with GCC 2.3.3 under Linux 0.99pl3 (i486), SunOs 4.1.1 (Sparc), and
Ultrix 4.2 (DEC 5000) yields an the error:

	a.c:3: unterminated character constant

The problem is the single quote.  It also happens if you use an #ifdef,
but doesn't happen if you put the text inside a comment.

Kevin
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Kevin E. Martin               University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
martin@cs.unc.edu                          Department of Computer Science

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