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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-08-06 03:34:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1998-08-06 03:34:39 +0000 |
| commit | 1ee01d358f9f7dce02f7bff2df3fdcb0cbd628d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 6fe5b77c4e2f9872998801fe73f160d3e5014bb3 /Python/sysmodule.c | |
| parent | 649265272ccab7186bc1c654a5ad84fecd9eb50a (diff) | |
| download | cpython-1ee01d358f9f7dce02f7bff2df3fdcb0cbd628d9.tar.gz | |
Gack. The module doc string is too long for VC++ 5.0.
However two string literals concatenated are fine!
Hope this doesn't break other platforms.
Diffstat (limited to 'Python/sysmodule.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Python/sysmodule.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c index 97d0cac04d..29e55eab9d 100644 --- a/Python/sysmodule.c +++ b/Python/sysmodule.c @@ -310,7 +310,10 @@ list_builtin_module_names() return list; } -/* XXX If your compiler doesn't like strings this long, edit it. */ +/* XXX This doc string is too long to be a single string literal in VC++ 5.0. + Two literals concatenated works just fine. If you have a K&R compiler + or other abomination that however *does* understand longer strings, + get rid of the !!! comment in the middle and the quotes that surround it. */ static char sys_doc[] = "This module provides access to some objects used or maintained by the\n\ interpreter and to functions that interact strongly with the interpreter.\n\ @@ -339,7 +342,7 @@ exc_value -- value of exception currently being handled\n\ exc_traceback -- traceback of exception currently being handled\n\ The function exc_info() should be used instead of these three,\n\ because it is thread-safe.\n\ -\n\ +" /* !!! */ "\n\ Static objects:\n\ \n\ maxint -- the largest supported integer (the smallest is -maxint-1)\n\ |