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From: rfink@eng.umd.edu (Russell A. Fink)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Q-> can comments be nested within variable names
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Date: 10 Oct 90 21:21:52 GMT
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From: rfink@eng.umd.edu (Russell A. Fink)
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Subject: Q-> can you nest comments in var names?
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By rules of Kernighan and Ritchie, or standard adaptations of the
language, can I nest comments within variable names?
int number;
.
.
.
printf ("Value is %d", num/* this is obnoxious */ber);

Is that obnoxious comment permitted, or is it syntactically wrong?
Thanks in advance for response.





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