[net.lang.c] formfeeds in C source

pn@stc.UUCP (12/03/85)

What does C do with ^L (formfeed) in a source file?  I don't mean anywhere,
just where one would logically put it for throwing a page on a printer, say
to split functions to separate pages.  I cannot find a reference to this
anywhere in K&R.  On a Vax running Ultrix, the pre-processor passes the ^L
through unchanged, and neither cc nor lint complain.  Is ^L universally
accepted by C compilers?
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gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) (12/05/85)

Formfeed is the same as any other white space.
Some older C compilers did not treat it as such,
though.  "Fixed in X3J11."