From: simonmar Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:34:24 +0000 (+0000) Subject: [project @ 2002-04-30 15:34:24 by simonmar] X-Git-Tag: Approx_11550_changesets_converted~2080 X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6eaf5b61b42afabc7757182ddf9b9d8a401d4434;p=ghc-hetmet.git [project @ 2002-04-30 15:34:24 by simonmar] Enclose the text about the CPP/string gap problem in a section so we can refer to it easily. --- diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml index 864ee5c..043a451 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml +++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/phases.sgml @@ -265,27 +265,31 @@ - A small word of warning: is not - friendly to “string gaps”.-cpp - vs string gapsstring - gaps vs -cpp. In other words, strings - such as the following: + + CPP and string gaps + + A small word of warning: is not + friendly to “string gaps”.-cpp + vs string gapsstring + gaps vs -cpp. In other words, strings + such as the following: strmod = "\ \ p \ \ " - - don't work with ; - /usr/bin/cpp elides the backslash-newline - pairs. - - However, it appears that if you add a space at the end of - the line, then cpp (at least GNU - cpp and possibly other - cpps) leaves the backslash-space pairs alone - and the string gap works as expected. + + don't work with ; + /usr/bin/cpp elides the backslash-newline + pairs. + + However, it appears that if you add a space at the end + of the line, then cpp (at least GNU + cpp and possibly other + cpps) leaves the backslash-space pairs + alone and the string gap works as expected. +