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From: Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:54:43 +0100
Subject: [U-Boot] Question about Coding-Style
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Hi Chris,

> > Hmm... Last time I checked,
> >
> > 	"abc"
> > 	"def"
> >
> > Is a valid C string, and does not require a backslash. Do I miss
> > something?
> 
> Yes, you are of course correct: the result is the C string "abcdef" and 
> the backslash in the original is superfluous.
> However a grep for "abcdef" in the source code won't match it :(
> This is why splitting strings like this is discouraged in the Linux kernel.

Got it, thanks.

> Cheers,
> Chris

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.