Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:13:42 -0500 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@sneakerz.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mountd mountd.c Message-ID: <20010702191342.Y84523@sneakerz.org> In-Reply-To: <20010703000646.13F1A3E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>; from dima@unixfreak.org on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 05:06:45PM -0700 References: <20010702185739.X84523@sneakerz.org> <20010703000646.13F1A3E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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* Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> [010702 19:06] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein <bright@sneakerz.org> writes:
> > * Dima Dorfman <dd@FreeBSD.org> [010702 18:56] wrote:
> > > dd 2001/07/02 16:56:01 PDT
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > sbin/mountd mountd.c
> > > Log:
> > > Correct handling of continuation lines. Instead of treating the
> > > backslash as nothing, treat it like a space so that adjacent lines
> > > aren't glued together.
> >
> > So now how does one use a backslash when one doesn't want a space?
>
> Where would you want to use a backslash? AFAIK there are no
> parameters in exports(5) where a backslash would be valid. If you're
> talking about using it in the middle of a word and at the end of the
> line, like this:
>
> /usr -alldirs -netw\
> ork=fish host1 host2
>
> then this commit puts you out of luck. However, I honestly don't see
> why somebody would want to do that. The new sematic is much more
> intuitive and in line with most (every?) other file format that
> supports continuation lines. I think it's what most people would
> expect when they use a backslash at the end of a line.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("foo\
bar\n");
return 1;
}
It doesn't matter much, but I wanted to see if you realized that.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
Ok, who wrote this damn function called '??'?
And why do my programs keep crashing in it?
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