From: utzoo!decvax!minow
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: Having files eaten by unclosed comments
Article-I.D.: decvax.340
Posted: Sat Nov 20 09:36:18 1982
Received: Sun Nov 21 02:37:00 1982
References: sri-unix.4162

The Decus C preprocessor performs a few simple sanity checks on
the source:

	/* within a comment results in a warning message.  Comments don't nest.

	#ifdefs and #else's must be balanced -- fatal error message.

	Strings must be terminated properly -- fatal preprocessor error.

One reason string termination checking is done in the preprocessor is
to prevent errors from cascading.

Martin Minow
decvax!minow