File.st line 34

what is the funky character on that line?



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> what is the funky character on that line?

it's a form feed.  it's whitespace.

Paolo


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On Jan 11, 2009, at 3:59 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

>> what is the funky character on that line?
>
> it's a form feed.  it's whitespace.
>
i haven't seen it in any other files.
is there a reason for it being there?



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>> it's a form feed.  it's whitespace.
>>
> i haven't seen it in any other files.
> is there a reason for it being there?

http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/GNU/standards_23.html

"Please use formfeed characters (control-L) to divide the program into
pages at logical places (but not within a function). It does not
matter just how long the pages are, since they do not have to fit on a
printed page. The formfeeds should appear alone on lines by
themselves."

Pao;o


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