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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: warning: '/*' within comment
Message-ID: <16786@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 4 Jun 90 21:26:18 GMT
References: <1990Jun1.200433.6919@druid.uucp> <AaOZGd_00as98coVU9@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Cambridge, MA 02138-5302
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In article <AaOZGd_00as98coVU9@andrew.cmu.edu> ghoti+@andrew.cmu.edu (Adam Stoller) writes:
>Use the alternate style of commenting:
>#if 0
>Sample usage:
>	mkscript src/*.c src/*.h src/makefile man/* readme > dist.txt
>#endif /* 0 */

Won't work.  The `#endif' has been commented out by the first `/*' inside.

More generally, `#if 0...#endif' should not be considered a `comment', except
in the sense of `commenting out code'.  The contents are still lexed into C
tokens, which is why it's also illegal to say
	#if 0
	The compiler won't like this
	#endif

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@ima.ima.isc.com or harvard!ima!karl), The Walking Lint