Re: Comments and pragma lines

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1988 13:17

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In article <48957@pyramid.pyramid.com> markhall@pyramid.UUCP (Mark Hall) writes:
-#pragma rotate lid counterclockwise    /* store pointers in
-					* Best Foods 
-					* Mayonaise Jars.
-					*/
-Is it legal to start the comment on the pragma line?  From what I read*
-in the standard, it is illegal.

How about explaining how you deduce that?
I'm away from my copy of the standard, but I'm sure the comment was
supposed to have been replaced by a space character before the #pragma
line was ever (pre)processed.

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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: Comments and pragma lines
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Date: 29 Nov 88 13:17:39 GMT
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