[cpp.line]

# 15 Preprocessing directives [[cpp]](./#cpp)

## 15.8 Line control [cpp.line]

[1](#1)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/preprocessor.tex#L2066)

The [*string-literal*](lex.string#nt:string-literal "5.13.5 String literals [lex.string]") of a#line directive, if present,
shall be a character string literal[.](#1.sentence-1)

[2](#2)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/preprocessor.tex#L2072)

The[*line number*](#def:line_number "15.8 Line control [cpp.line]") of the current source line is
the line number of the current physical source line,
i.e., it is one greater than
the number of new-line characters read or introduced
in [translation phase 1](lex.phases "5.2 Phases of translation [lex.phases]") while processing the source file to the current preprocessing token[.](#2.sentence-1)

[3](#3)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/preprocessor.tex#L2082)

A preprocessing directive of the form

# line [*digit-sequence*](lex.fcon#nt:digit-sequence "5.13.4 Floating-point literals [lex.fcon]") [*new-line*](cpp.pre#nt:new-line "15.1 Preamble [cpp.pre]")

causes the implementation to behave as if
the following sequence of source lines begins with a
source line that has a line number as specified
by the digit sequence (interpreted as a decimal integer)[.](#3.sentence-1)

If the digit sequence specifies zero
or a number greater than 2147483647,
the program is ill-formed[.](#3.sentence-2)

[4](#4)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/preprocessor.tex#L2095)

A preprocessing directive of the form

# line [*digit-sequence*](lex.fcon#nt:digit-sequence "5.13.4 Floating-point literals [lex.fcon]") " [*s-char-sequence*](lex.string#nt:s-char-sequence "5.13.5 String literals [lex.string]")opt " [*new-line*](cpp.pre#nt:new-line "15.1 Preamble [cpp.pre]")

sets the presumed line number similarly and changes the
presumed name of the source file to be the contents
of the character string literal[.](#4.sentence-1)

[5](#5)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/preprocessor.tex#L2104)

A preprocessing directive of the form

# line [*pp-tokens*](cpp.pre#nt:pp-tokens "15.1 Preamble [cpp.pre]") [*new-line*](cpp.pre#nt:new-line "15.1 Preamble [cpp.pre]")

(that does not match one of the two previous forms)
is permitted[.](#5.sentence-1)

The preprocessing tokens afterline on the directive are processed just as in normal text
(each identifier currently defined as a macro name is replaced by its
replacement list of preprocessing tokens)[.](#5.sentence-2)

If the directive resulting after all replacements does not match
one of the two previous forms, the program is ill-formed;
otherwise, the result is processed as appropriate[.](#5.sentence-3)