On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Michael Meissner wrote: > translation (5.1.1.2 in the C99 standard, should be close in the C90 > standard). In particular, in paragraph 3, it says: > > A source file shall not end in a partial preprocessing token or a > partial comment... > > If there is no trailing (logical) newline, then the file would end in a > partial > preprocessing token.
As has been extensively discussed without resolution, the reference to a "partial preprocessing token" in the standard is defective: there is no such thing because of the rule that a preprocessing token is always the maximum sequence of characters forming a valid preprocessing token. -- Joseph S. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED]