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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Nested Comments in C -- A recent experience
Message-ID: <90150@elsie.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 90 15:20:41 GMT
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> ANSI C (draft of Oct 88) says...that comments do not nest.
> Detection of /* within a comment is mentioned as a "common warning"...

The "comments do not nest" statement is in a footnote;
the /* "common warning" statement is in an appendix;
neither is part of the ANSI standard.
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	Arthur David Olson   ado@alw.nih.gov   ADO is a trademark of Ampex.