Ah, it looks like it is because of the pre-processor. This file has CPP enabled: {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-} -harendra On 8 January 2017 at 03:52, Harendra Kumar wrote:

Hi devs,

I am making a change in runghc on the ghc master branch. When compiling the following code (edited/new code in utils/runghc):

208 splitGhcNonGhcArgs :: [String] -> IO ([String], [String]) 209 splitGhcNonGhcArgs args = do 210 let (ghc, other) = break notAFlag args 211 when (hasUnescapedGhcArgs ghc) $ 212 hPutStrLn stderr "yy\ 213 \ xx"

I get an error because of the string continuation at line 212. If I put the backslashes on the same line I do not get any error. I have more string continuations in the same file and they all work fine. This snippet works fine with ghc-7.10.3/ghc-8.0.1 when compiled separately. Here is the error message that I get:

utils/runghc/Main.hs:212:56: error:

lexical error in string/character literal at character 'x'

|

212 | hPutStrLn stderr "yy\

| ^

utils/runghc/ghc.mk:30: recipe for target 'utils/runghc/dist-install/build/Main.dyn_o' failed

make[2]: *** [utils/runghc/dist-install/build/Main.dyn_o] Error 1

Makefile:122: recipe for target 'all_utils/runghc' failed

make[1]: *** [all_utils/runghc] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/vol/hosts/cueball/workspace/play/ghc'

../../mk/sub-makefile.mk:50: recipe for target 'all' failed

make: *** [all] Error 2

Any help will be appreciated. I can send the modified file if anyone wants to reproduce/debug.

-harendra