invalid source character: backslash in macro

I am trying to compile some code that has multiline macros.

Code:

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/* ***************************************************************** */
#define loop_body(rs,ls,step)                                  \
      x = S;                                /* feedback constant    */ \
      x ^= A[i+step-t5];                    /* end-around feedback  */ \
      x ^= A[i+step-t0];                    /* linear feedback      */ \
      x ^= ( A[i+step-t1] & A[i+step-t2] ); /* first quadratic term  */ \
      x ^= ( A[i+step-t3] & A[i+step-t4] ); /* second quadratic term */ \
      x ^= (x >> rs);                      /* right-shift          */ \
      A[i+step] = x ^ (x << ls);            /* left-shift            */ 
/* ***************************************************************** */

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Sun compiler gives this error:

cc -c -g -w -o build/Debug/SunStudio_12.1-Solaris-x86/md6_compress.o md6_compress.c
"md6_compress.c", line 218: invalid source character: '\'

I doubt this will make much difference but you could try putting it inside a block ({)

In addition, remove the '\'s. Worth a try.

> In addition, remove the '\'s. Worth a try.
Macro definitions are always single line.
So to write a complex macro, using \ is essential to keep the meaning of the macro intact.

My only suggestion at the moment is to make sure there is no white-space (or other invisible characters) after each \
Each should be immediately followed by a newline.

There is no space after \. Even this c macro example doesn't compile:

Code:

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#define SWAP(a, b)  {          \
                        a ^= b;        \
                        b ^= a;        \
                        a ^= b;        \
                    }

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invalid source character: '\'

It compiles with gcc though. It seems that "\" isn't supported in sun compiler.

I wonder if it's a line termination issue. Do you have dos2unix on your computer? If so, can you run it on your source file(s) and see if that fixes the compile error?

Look at some other source (reasonably large and complicated). I'd be surprised if the compiler was completely broken over something as basic as parsing \

I agree with bithub, look at line terminations.

yes, dos2unix fixed the problem with /.

Now I got another error:

cc -m64 -o dist/Debug/SunStudio_12.1-Solaris-x86/md6 build/Debug/SunStudio_12.1-Solaris-x86/md6_compress.o build/Debug/SunStudio_12.1-Solaris-x86/md6sum.o build/Debug/SunStudio_12.1-Solaris-x86/md6_nist.o build/Debug/SunStudio_12.1-Solaris-x86/md6_mode.o
Undefined first referenced
symbol in file
ticks build/Debug/SunStudio_12.1-Solaris-x86/md6sum.o

function ticks() is defined in file md6sum.c like this:

Code:

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#if defined _MSC_VER

/* Microsoft */
#include <intrin.h>
#pragma intrinsic(__rdtsc)
uint64_t ticks()
{
return __rdtsc();
}

#else

/* GCC */
#include <stdint.h>
inline uint64_t ticks() {
  /* read timestamp counter */
  uint32_t lo, hi;
  asm volatile (
                "xorl %%eax,%%eax \n        cpuid"
                ::: "%rax", "%rbx", "%rcx", "%rdx");
  asm volatile ("rdtsc" : "=a" (lo), "=d" (hi));
  return (uint64_t)hi << 32 | lo;
}

#endif

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"extern inline" fixed that