RCAPENER@cc.utah.edu (05/06/91)
NOTE: Please send any replies to bnelson@cc.weber.edu. Thanx! Does anyone know if it is possible to nest comments in VAX C? Or is it even possible? if you try /* outside comment /* inside comment */ */ the compiler throws up! Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks! bert nelson weber state university bnelson@cc.weber.edu
brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) (05/07/91)
In <114836@cc.utah.edu>, RCAPENER@cc.utah.edu writes: >if you try /* outside comment /* inside comment */ */ >the compiler throws up! As it should .. no compiler should let that through. When you "nest" comments, you have multiple starts (/*); the */ sequence tells cpp that it's the end of the comment, and it should start paying attention again. The second */ is what it's throwing up on. -- Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone "Does this person look relaxed to you? Well, it's actually an experiment of Contour's new 565-E chair!"
sven@cs.widener.edu (Sven Heinicke) (05/08/91)
In <VHG+SRC@cs.widener.edu>, brendan@cs.widener.edu writes: >In <114836@cc.utah.edu>, RCAPENER@cc.utah.edu writes: >>if you try /* outside comment /* inside comment */ */ >>the compiler throws up! > > As it should .. no compiler should let that through. > When you "nest" comments, you have multiple starts (/*); the */ >sequence tells cpp that it's the end of the comment, and it should >start paying attention again. The second */ is what it's throwing up on. > it is bad, I do a string-replace from */ to ^/ and string-replace it back afterwards. -- sven@cs.widener.edu Widener CS system manager Sven Mike Heinicke and Student (pssmheinicke@cyber.widener.edu (if you must))