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Article #2243Re: comment style
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 17:28
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 17:28
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In article <1990Dec29.040256.21708@clear.com> rmartin@clear.com (Bob Martin) writes: >I personally vote for inclusion of the // comment in the ANSI standard. Far too late. The ANSI C standard has already been finalized, ratified, and published. Incidentally, you don't get to vote on such things unless you're a member of the relevant committee (which is open to anyone, although there are fees involved). >Does anybody know what the standard says about nested comments? The standard, like all definitions of C since the beginning, says quite explicitly that comments do not nest. -- If the Space Shuttle was the answer, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology what was the question? | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: comment style Message-ID: <1991Jan7.172816.11243@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1990Dec21.014321.5000@kithrup.COM> <26036@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1990Dec27.215842.23685@ivy.uucp> <1990Dec29.040256.21708@clear.com> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 1991 17:28:16 GMT