Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!phil@RICE.ARPA From: phil@RICE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Unterminated comments Message-ID: <13094@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 14-Oct-84 22:53:19 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13094 Posted: Sun Oct 14 22:53:19 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Oct-84 05:17:59 EDT Lines: 19 From: William LeFebvre> (1) Nested comments /* ... A ... /* ... B ... */ ... A ... */ > (2) Comment-to-end-of-line // ... > (1) would also give an "unterminated comment starting on line nnn" error > if a close-comment */ were omitted, thereby addressing in a different > way the issue this note is a response to. NO!!! You do NOT want to do that. Many people (myself included) write block comments that purposefully span several lines. I like that style. DO NOT force me to change it! I don't even want to see warning messages about it. /* * William LeFebvre * Department of Computer Science * Rice University * */