C compiler ignors CTRL L - (nf)

rgh at inmet.UUCP rgh at inmet.UUCP
Sun Oct 7 15:03:22 AEST 1984


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inmet!rgh    Oct  5 11:09:00 1984

Form-feed is allowed as whitespace in every C compiler I know of.
This usage is recognized in the ANSI draft C standard, which says
"Space characters, horizontal tabs, new-lines, vertical tabs, form
feeds, and comments (described below) -- collectively called
white space -- are ignored except as they serve to separate tokens."

				Randy Hudson
				{ihnp4,harpo,ima}!inmet!rgh



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