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From: dre@ptsfa.UUCP (Doug East)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: C compiler ignors CTRL L
Message-ID: <286@ptsfa.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 11:25:48 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  6 11:25:48 1984
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> Our C compiler (4.1 BSD) will ignor CTRL L's (form feeds). This is nice
> because it allows one to ask for a new page at the begining of subroutines.
> It is also not documented, probably non-standard, and probably should be an
> error. How far back does this "feature" go? Is it in all, most, of just a
> few of the compilers out there. If it is universal, shouldn't it be
> documented?

We have compiler on a Convergent Technologies Megaframe (sys5) which exhibits
the same behaviour.  It isn't documented either, as far as I can discern.

	Doug East (Pacific * Bell)
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