in reply to C comment stripping preprocessor

C comments don't nest!

They don't lay eggs, either... :)

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Re^2: C comment stripping preprocessor
by GrandFather (Saint) on Aug 10, 2006 at 10:42 UTC

    It may well be that the comments that you are familiar with are sterile and have no inclination toward nesting. However, I can assure you, that our comments are quite lively and prone to nesting. They therefore require appropriate management.

    Perhaps I should mention that these are actually C++ comments and it may be that hybrid vigor accounts for the difference in nesting behaviour?


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