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My apologies for the empty article that I just inadvertantly
distributed with this title.

In article <1992Oct4.085733.7703@ucc.su.OZ.AU>, maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller) writes:
|> I've got a few minor problems with the specifications for the
|> preprocessor.
|> 
|> The issue of incomplete /* comments in preprocessor commands is one.
|> 
|> #define fred a + /* incomplete
|> comment spans lines here */ b
|> 
|> Is the above legal?
|> 

I belive it is very likely that the final C++ standard will
adapt the  the ANSI/ISO C standard's preprocessing mechanism.
(The main difference is the existence of // comments).  Under
that assumption the above will certainly be legal.  Treatment
of "#include <...>" will also be essentially identical to
that in the C standard.  

But at the moment many C++ implementations are built on
non standard preprocessors and their handling of these
issues may not be identical to that of a standard conforming
C compiler.   For maximum portability, don't put comments
into #defines

    -- Jerry Schwarz