Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 01:25:43 -0700 | From | Stephen Satchell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pedantic code cleanup - am I wasting my time with this? |
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At 05:58 PM 4/23/01 +0200, you wrote: >>On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:26:27PM +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: >>>last entry should not have a trailing comma. >>Sadly not. This isn't a gcc thing: ANSI says that trailing comma is ok (K&R >>Second edition, A8.7 - pg 218 &219 in my copy) > >You are right, I just consulted my own copy, and nothing strictly forbids >the comma... Sorry about that, I should have been more thorough before >reporting that one...
From the X3J11 Rationale document, paraphrase: The inclusion of optional trailing commas is to ease the task of generating code by automatic programs such as LEX and YACC.
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