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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:58:48 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] comment and newline in define
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> The [568]c compilers in the Go tree are based on the Inferno/Plan 9
> compilers. Did something change?

yes.  they've changed a number of things.

here's a sample of what the op ment

	#include <u.h>
	#include <libc.h>

	#define	x	/* this is
			 * such a drag
			 */ y

	void
	main(void)
	{
		int y;

		x = 1;
		print("%d\n", x);
		exits("");
	}

allowing that would seem to me to invite trouble.

- erik