From: utzoo!decvax!cca!sch2@MITRE-BEDFORD@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: Comments in C
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4265
Posted: Sat Nov 20 23:10:45 1982
Received: Mon Nov 22 02:29:35 1982

Date: Thu Nov 18 08:01:11 1982
I think there are merits for and against comments nesting.  How about having
the compiler give something like:
	warning: nested comment
and the line number would be where it started.  Suppose you modify your
C compiler to support nested comments, IT WON'T BE PORTABLE and therefore
should produce a warning.  The present situation is a user trap, but
personally I think nested comments would provide an even bigger user trap.
			Why am I bothering discussing this?
			S. Hemminger