Nested Comments in C -- A recent experience

Arthur David Olson ado at elsie.UUCP
Wed Mar 14 01:20:41 AEST 1990


> ANSI C (draft of Oct 88) says...that comments do not nest.
> Detection of /* within a comment is mentioned as a "common warning"...

The "comments do not nest" statement is in a footnote;
the /* "common warning" statement is in an appendix;
neither is part of the ANSI standard.
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	Arthur David Olson   ado at alw.nih.gov   ADO is a trademark of Ampex.



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