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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 Go (Was: GNU/Linux/Plan 9 disto)
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:55:45AM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:48:44 EDT "ComeauAt9Fans@gmail.com" <comeauat9fans@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:53:41 EDT erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>=
> >   wrote:
> > >> can you give am example where // comments with ' cause
> > >> trouble.  i can't replicate.
> > >>
> > >> - erik
> > >
> > > In 9vx:
> > >
> > > term% yacc go/src/cmd/gc/go.y
> > >
> > > fatal error:newline in string or char. const., /go/src/cmd/gc/go.y:528
> > >
> > >
> > >        // If the last token read by the lexer was consumed
> > >        // as part of the case, clear it (parser has cleared yychar).
> > >        // If the last token read by the lexer was the lookahead
> > >        // leave it alone (parser has it cached in yychar).
> > > ====>  // This is so that the stmt_list action doesn't look at
> > >        // the case tokens if the stmt_list is empty.
> > >        yylast = yychar;
> >
> > pcc accepts -+ as well as cpp, perhaps a way to pass it as an environment and
> > /or make variable?
>
> What does pcc have to do with this? This is a yacc problem. [Also tested
> on 9atom]

I don't know either, but the yacc source doesn't explain how this
error arises.  Erik is right to be skeptical.

++L