Re: Asm style

Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:
>  Ben Collins wrote:
> > There's also:
> > 
> > 	asm("\
> > 	cmd	r,r\n\
> > lbl:	cmd	r,r\n\
> > 	cmd	r,r\n" : spec : spec);
> > 
> > 
> > Or something similar (the trailing "\" added for continuation). Probably
> > the easiest way to patch existing asm.
>  
>  not ANSI C. The trailing \ is understood only in marco definitions
>  (and outside strings)

gcc begs to differ

/* z.c */
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    printf("This is a string\n\
with continuation characters\n");
    return 0;
}

$ gcc -Wall -pedantic -ansi z.c -o z
[silence]

Remove the \ and you get

z.c:5: warning: string constant runs past end of line
z.c: In function `main':
z.c:5: warning: ANSI C forbids newline in string constant

You are correct in thinking it is something to do with pre-processor -
it deals with these continuation lines eg,

$ gcc -E -Wall -pedantic -ansi z.c

Gives
[snip stdio etc]
int main(void)
{
    printf("This is a string\nwith continuation characters\n");

    return 0;
}

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Nick Craig-Wood
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