Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!rgh From: rgh@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: C compiler ignors CTRL L - (nf) Message-ID: <1713@inmet.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Oct-84 01:03:22 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.1713 Posted: Sun Oct 7 01:03:22 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Oct-84 04:51:48 EDT Lines: 11 #R:elsie:-400600:inmet:5000025:000:379 inmet!rgh Oct 5 11:09:00 1984 Form-feed is allowed as whitespace in every C compiler I know of. This usage is recognized in the ANSI draft C standard, which says "Space characters, horizontal tabs, new-lines, vertical tabs, form feeds, and comments (described below) -- collectively called white space -- are ignored except as they serve to separate tokens." Randy Hudson {ihnp4,harpo,ima}!inmet!rgh