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Inconsistency between the Note in [cpp.pre]/1 and the last sentence in [cpp.replace]/12

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Note in [cpp.pre]/1:

[ Note: A new-line character ends the preprocessing directive even if it occurs within what would otherwise be an invocation of a function-like macro. — end note ]

Last sentence in [cpp.replace]/12:

Within the sequence of preprocessing tokens making up an invocation of a function-like macro, new-line is considered a normal white-space character.

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Read the note in [cpp.pre]/1 and the last sentence in [cpp.replace]/12, then review the issue's comment thread for the intended interpretation. The work is done when the two passages no longer appear inconsistent and the corresponding draft wording is agreed and updated.

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