Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!david From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: line comments (## vs. //) Message-ID: <358@ukma.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 23:47:11 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.358 Posted: Sun Dec 2 23:47:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 09:14:18 EST References: <164@uwai.UUCP>, <20980007@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 18 Mr. Tim Maroney claims that #define wombat(x) foo/**/x expands to "foobar" when called with "wombat(bar)" because the preprocessor DOESNT gobble up the comment. The EXACT opposite is the truth. The preprocessor gobbles up the comment replacing it with NOTHING. (Another incompatibility between v7 type c compilers and WhiteSmiths. WhiteSmiths compiler replaces the comment above with 1 space). Please peoplethink a little before posting. ----------------------------------------- David Herron; ARPA: "ukma!david"@ANL-MCS (Note the quote marks.) UUCP: unmvax -----------\ UUCP: research ----------\_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ anlams --\ UUCP: boulder -----------/ >-!ukma!david UUCP: decvax!ucbvax ----/ cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx --/