------- Comment #4 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-12-07 00:54 ------- (In reply to comment #3) > I read this as permitting a mapping of characters, but not a deletion of > characters, which is what gcc is doing. The only deletion of characters I see > permitted is the deletion of a newline and an IMMEDIATELY preceding backslash.
I don't think it is deleting in the sense you are thinking of; it maps backslash followed by spaces followed by a return into just a return. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38433
