From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihldt!ll1!mn
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re:  Comments in C
Article-I.D.: ll1.142
Posted: Mon Nov 29 09:55:23 1982
Received: Tue Nov 30 02:36:54 1982
References: sri-unix.4463

I, for one think that comments in 'C' work fine.
The following has been suggested:

Here is a real live example of the utility of allowing /* inside comments:
if ( (ushort)uid == sbuf.st_uid )
		mode <<= 6;		/* check user field only */
	else if ( (ushort)getgid() == sbuf.st_gid )
		mode <<= 3;		/* check group field only */
/*	else
/*		mode <<= 0;		/* check other field only */

I maintain that a better way to "comment" out a section of code is 
with ifdef-endif like this:

if ( (ushort)uid == sbuf.st_uid )
		mode <<= 6;		/* check user field only */
	else if ( (ushort)getgid() == sbuf.st_gid )
		mode <<= 3;		/* check group field only */
#ifdef OTHER
	else
		mode <<= 0;		/* check other field only */
#endif		
	
	Sure it's more to type, however if one decides to reinstall the
commented out code you don't have to wade though the source with an
editor. And ifdef's nest.

	Just to get my $.02 in.
	Mark Nettleingham
	(...!ihldt!ll1!mn)