Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!ptsfa!dre 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 Article-I.D.: ptsfa.286 Posted: Sat Oct 6 11:25:48 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 21:36:43 EDT References: <4006@elsie.UUCP> Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 12 > 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) {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!dre