[gnu.gcc.bug] line number on error message in gcc 1.33

andy@CSVAX.CALTECH.EDU (Andy Fyfe) (02/15/89)

Gcc reports the error about the missing quote on the last line where
a string appears, and not where the unterminated string appears.

% cat test.c
foo()
{
    printf("one);               /* no closing quote */
    printf("two");
    printf("three");
    printf("four");
    printf("five");             /* error reported on this line */
}
% gcc -c test.c
test.c:7: unterminated string or character constant
 7872 Exit 1               gcc -c test.c