Re: New experimental back end for C/C++ compiler targeting CLI

Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net>
Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:13:42 +0200

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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:13:42 +0200
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 16-08-007 16-08-008 16-08-009 16-08-011
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Posted-Date: 30 Aug 2016 09:59:01 EDT

BartC schrieb:
> On 29/08/2016 09:28, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:


> Take, for example, a C-like language with //-comments to end of line.
> Such a language is free-format so it could be written as one token per
> line, with a comment on each line plus comments on their own lines.


In the worst case the auther implemented a two-column layout, with a
code block in the left and a comment block in the right column. Who'll know?




> Even if translating to normalised code in the same language, it can be
> challenging knowing where the comments are going to go.


Even comment-based document generators often have problems with the
unintended use of control tags by the coders. Even worse without such
hints :-(


DoDi


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