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Article #2233Re: comment style
From: Bob Martin
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 1990 04:02
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 1990 04:02
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In article <1990Dec27.215842.23685@ivy.uucp> iverson@ivy.uucp (Tim Iverson) writes: >Actually, you don't have to put the closing '*/' on the *end* of the line: > >/* e.g. these lines are commented out /* even if they have comments */ >/* You can also grep for "^/**/" to find where they all are. >/**/ > I personally vote for inclusion of the // comment in the ANSI standard. Does anybody know what the standard says about nested comments? i.e. /* /* is this valid /* or will it generate errors /**/ The sun C++ compiler chokes on comments like this, as do a few other C compilers around. What is the official stance. -- +-Robert C. Martin-----+:RRR:::CCC:M:::::M:| Nobody is responsible for | | rmartin@clear.com |:R::R:C::::M:M:M:M:| my words but me. I want | | uunet!clrcom!rmartin |:RRR::C::::M::M::M:| all the credit, and all | +----------------------+:R::R::CCC:M:::::M:| the blame. So there. |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!motcsd!mcdcup!mcdhup!mcdchg!tellab5!balr!clrcom!rmartin From: rmartin@clear.com (Bob Martin) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: comment style Message-ID: <1990Dec29.040256.21708@clear.com> Date: 29 Dec 90 04:02:56 GMT References: <1990Dec21.014321.5000@kithrup.COM> <26036@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1990Dec27.215842.23685@ivy.uucp> Organization: Clear Communications, Inc. Lines: 25