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From: decot@hpisod2.HP (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: draft ANSI standard: needs your tomatoes
Message-ID: <2550002@hpisod2.HP>
Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 22:33:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 15 22:33:20 1986
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> The constants EXTERNAL_NAME_LENGTH (6), INCLUDE_FILES_NEST
> (4), and SOURCE_LINE_LENGTH (509) in particular seem to be very
> inadequate.  ...  		A compiler that won't accept a
> 600-line input file is clearly sub-standard and almost useless, and I
> object to the ANSII committee approving of this limitation.

I don't know about the others, but SOURCE_LINE_LENGTH is not the minimum
allowable maximum number of lines in a source file, it's the minimum allowable
maximum length of *each* source line.  Personally, I'd like to see that
particular value set to 128, so I can fit listings on my lineprinter.

Dave Decot
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