From 40552d0857486782bb5be8f85d6f59375ca6d0b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 03:34:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- Python/sysmodule.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c index 97d0cac04d5..29e55eab9d6 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\