mac-classic

Background: In versions of Mac OS up to version 9, the standard representation for text files used an ASCII CR (carriage return) character, value decimal 13, to mark the end of a line. Mac OS 10, unlike earlier releases, is UNIX-like, and uses the ASCII LF (line feed) character, value decimal 10, to mark the end of a line. The question is, what are the values of the character constants '\n' and '\r' in C and C++ compilers for Mac OS releases prior to OS X? There are (at least) two possible approaches that could have been taken: Treat '\n' as the ASCII LF character, and convert it to and from