Re: Support for universal character

[Patrick Horgan <phorgan1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Horgan wrote:
> debugger_gcc wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > For the scenario where i declare a variable as int \uA0A0;          
> > // in a C program
> >
> > i get an error with message
> > error: universal character \uA0A0 is not valid in an identifier
> > when compiled using gcc-4.4.1 on linux.
> >
> > However C99 standards specify only the following constraints on 
> > universal
> > characters :
> >
> > Section 6.4.3 ISO/IEC 9899:TC3
> >   
> If you back up to 6.4.2, you'll find out that a universal character 
> can't be the first character of an identifier.
I was completely wrong in that.  A universal character CAN be the first 
character as long as it does not represent a digit, and is listed in 
Annex D.  \uA0A0 is not listed in Annex D.

Patrick