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- From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c
- Subject: Possible bug in standard... I assume this is fixed?
- Date: 2 Mar 1996 10:05:30 -0600
- Organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover)
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- 6.2.1 says that identifiers which differ in significant characters are
- distinct, and then says that if two identifiers differ in non-significant
- characters, the behavior is undefined.
-
- So, on the gratuitously hostile 6-character monocase implementation, is
- this legal?
-
- int a12345z,
- b12345y;
-
- They clearly differ in insignificant characters.
-
- I assume the former sentance protects them, but would like some certainty;
- a coworker has told me that another person on a project we're on is
- sure some IBM system won't *allow* names over 6 characters.
-
- -s
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