Re[2]: [Mingw-users] Bug: unknown escape sequences (again)

[Paul S. <pa...@is...>]

Hello Wolfram,

Wolfram Gloger <Wol...@de...> wrote:

WG> Hi,

>> Compiling it with 'g++ -c -I. test.C' results in an error
>> about an 'unknown escape sequence `\mґ', compiling it with
>> 'g++ -c -I/home/stuebing/tmp/mingw32 test.C' results in
>> error messages about unknown escape sequences `\hґ, `\sґ,
>> `\mґ and `\mґ as the include path indicates.
>>
>> Another note: If you delete one of the 'huhu' lines above the
>> error message disappears.

WG> I've tried this on several Linux machines cross-compiling for
WG> mingw32msvc, and the error didn't occur.  So I suspect it must be a
WG> problem in the mingw runtime.  You said before you're using
WG> mingw32-crtdll-20000203.  Could you try the 2000-03-27 version, or
WG> perhaps even the msvc variant?

    If I didn't say it before, it is known problem, identified by
Mumit Khan as "bug in C++ lexer". I faced in for the lines where
#ifdef was used. The only solution was resolving it by hand ;-) IIRC,
your original code was complained on line 6, where you had comment
starting. Try to remove it.

WG> Regards,
WG> Wolfram.


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