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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: defining a comment?
Keywords: preprocessor,comments
Message-ID: <13544@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 88 01:38:54 GMT
References: <5438@techunix.BITNET>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <5438@techunix.BITNET> benny@techunix.BITNET (Benny Pinkas) writes:
>Can I use the Preprocessor to define a comment?

>#define COM /*this is a comment*/

This is legal; it is merely useless.

>or even

>#define STARTCOM /*

This is rather dubious.

>Usually the text after the /* is considered as a comment and is not part
>of the macro definition.

Why should you care?  You cannot (portably) view the text (if any) emitted
by the preprocessor, which may well be an integral part of the compiler.
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