Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site boulder.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!boulder!jon From: jon@boulder.UUCP (Jon Corbet) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Standardization questions -- nested comments Message-ID: <227@boulder.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 11:04:19 EDT Article-I.D.: boulder.227 Posted: Fri Oct 12 11:04:19 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Oct-84 04:46:54 EDT References: <12904@sri-arpa.UUCP>Reply-To: jon@boulder.UUCP (Jon Corbet) Distribution: net Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research Lines: 15 Summary: I do not see the need for nested comments. The old idiom # ifdef notdef . commented code . # endif works wonderfully, no matter how many comments are in the affected area. -- Jonathan Corbet National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility