Re: [PATCH] pedantic code cleanup - am I wasting my time with

[Stephen Satchell]

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.

Satch