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Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
From: molag...@ifremer.fr (Michel OLAGNON)
Date: 2000/03/09
Subject: Re: How long can a statement be?
In article <8a6c85$6j...@bob.news.rcn.net>, robeo...@orbanxyxy.com (Robert Orban) writes: You have to understand that the limit is a lower limit, not an upper one. >Dare I ask, in this day of editors with automatic word-wrap, automatic >indentation, and automatic formatting, why there is _any_ limit to the >length of a line? Any standard compiler MUST accept lines 132c long. There will obviously be some upper limit, since I cannot imagine the standard stating: Whatever arbitrary large number N, the system shall accept input lines of at least N+1 characters. It would then be easy to sue vendors ;-) The present standard garanties that this limit is not going to be less Michel -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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