Document Number:  WG14 N673/X3J11 97-036
                      Changes adopted by WG14

Title: adjustments to phases of translation
Author: Clive D.W. Feather


Detailed proposal
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[All references are taken from draft 9 pre 3.]

In subclause 5.1.1.2, replace translation phase 2 with:

  Each  instance  of a backslash character immediately
  followed by a newline character is deleted, splicing
  physical source lines to form logical  source lines.
  Only the last backslash on any physical source line
  shall be eligible for being part of such a splice. A
  source file that is not empty shall end in a new-line
  character, which shall not be immediately preceded by
  a backslash character before any such splicing takes
  place.[*]

  [*] Thus the physical source lines (delimited by | characters):
      |\\\|
      ||
      |n|
  generate the logical source lines:
      |\\|
      |n|
  and a source file may end with a backslash followed by two
  physical newlines, which will generate a last logical source
  line ending in a backslash.