Re: [ID 20000628.002] HPUX 11: -Ae compiler flag breaks perl -P

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> The file hints/hpux.sh recommends using the -Ae flag with the HPUX C compiler.  On my system, this flag causes "perl -P" to break because it removes C++-style comments:
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> s/foo//g;
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> becomes
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> s/foo
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> To get around this, use the following flags for preprocessing:  either "cc -Aa -E", which enforces strict ANSI compliance; or "cc -Ae -C -E", which leaves comments intact in the output file.  The comments in hpux.sh should be updated, at the very least.
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-C doesn't quite "leave comments intact":

$ cat x.c
s/foo//;
$ cc -Ae -E -C x.c
# 1 "x.c"
s/foo/*; */
$ 

And -Aa doesn't work with a couple of features, like large files and the
LL suffix for long longs.

I cannot see an easy way out.

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        # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen

• [ID 20000628.002] HPUX 11: -Ae compiler flag breaks perl -P by Milton Hankins {64892}
• Re: [ID 20000628.002] HPUX 11: -Ae compiler flag breaks perl -P by Jarkko Hietaniemi
• Re: [ID 20000628.002] HPUX 11: -Ae compiler flag breaks perl -P by Jarkko Hietaniemi