[ale] Quick gcc question

[Greg Freemyer]

I changed the code.  It turned out to only be a few places.

Thanks.

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 14:28, Fulton Green wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:06:32PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > I'm trying to compile some code with gcc-3.3.3 that has some multi-line
> > strings.
> > 
> > What gcc argument is needed to enable the multi-line strings?
> > 
> > >>  Example code that fails
> > printf (_("\
> > Copy a file, converting and formatting according to the options.\n\
> > \n"));
> > <<
> > 
> > I'm getting the error:
> > 
> > dcfldd.c:326:17: missing terminating " character
> 
> A better way to do it, if you have the option of changing the code, is to
> write the strings like this:
>    printf ("Copy a file.\n"
>            "Then use it.\n");
> That's the ANSI-standard way of doing things, which is roughly how GCC
> compiles by default (the -ansi and -pedantic switches ensure near-100%
> checking for ANSI compliance).  Note that the whitespace before the
> second line has no bearing on the string literal that GCC creates
> internally.
> 
> The older way, which is what your code is showing, is indicative of the
> Kernighan & Ritchie (or "K&R") syntax used in the initial releases of C,
> before the C standards committees came on the scene.  If changing the
> code isn't an option, use the -traditional switch.
> 
> HTH
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