From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 03:34:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Gack.  The module doc string is too long for VC++ 5.0.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2a1~133
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=40552d0857486782bb5be8f85d6f59375ca6d0b2;p=python

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.
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diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 97d0cac04d..29e55eab9d 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\