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Steve Clamage (clamage@Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:
: >I just ran across something in my C++ compiler dealing with single line 
: >comments and the line continuation token:
: >
: > if ((ch[0] == '\\') && (ch[1] == '\\'))  //look for initial \\
: >
: >This, under my compiler implementation will choke because of the line 
: >continuation token, '\' at the end of the comment.

: In C++, simply don't use '//' comments on any line that ends with an
: escaped newline (including macro definitions!). In your example, it would
: make the comment more readable IMHO if you put the '\\' in quotes anyway,
: and would eliminate the problem.

Or simply add a single space after the last \, and take advantage of
that annoying behavior for once :-)

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