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On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 11:00, Kumar Gala wrote:
> All,
> 
> What evilness would it be to change the use of '#' in the .dts format  
> to some other character like '$' or '%'.

Uh, use of '#' for what?  Current comment style is
either C or C++, ie, /* ... */ or //.

>   The problem is the use of  
> '#' prevents use from using cpp which would make some aspects of  
> building up .dts for boards far more useful.

I think to get CPP to be usable, it will need to handle
the # emitted line-location markers, "# <line> <file> <level>".

> We can easily provide a one line script to convert people's .dts to  
> the new format.

I don't think there is a conversion necessary yet.
Did I miss something here?

Thanks,
jdl