ANSI strings, comment style, ...

[Ian Lance Taylor]

   Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 15:38:12 -0800
   From: Doug Evans <devans@cygnus.com>

   You're using ANSI C facilities to stop strings from running past
   80 columns.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe
   that's a no-no.  [Is it written down somewhere what, if any,
   of ANSI C facilities one can use for GAS?  Should we set a timeframe for
   when we'll start allowing such things?]

gas and the binutils are, of course, a special case, because they may
be required to bootstrap the compiler.  My inclination is to never
permit ANSI C features.  Or, to be slightly more reasonable, let's say
not for the next five years.

Ian