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Re: Doesn't gcc like // comments?

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From: Chris Waters
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 10:29
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In <d!dm_8m.grega@netcom.com> grega@netcom.com (Greg Altman) writes:

>I have some ANSI C code that uses // (since ICC and CL do accept them).

Er, no you don't.  If it has // as a comment character, it is *not* ANSI
compliant code.  Just a minor nit.  Yes, many compilers do accept this,
but they must *not* accept it if run in full ANSI-compliant mode (e.g.
-ansi for GCC, /Za for CL).

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Subject: Re: Doesn't gcc like // comments?
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