Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Comments and pragma lines Message-ID: <9007@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 29 Nov 88 13:17:39 GMT References: <48957@pyramid.pyramid.com> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Distribution: na Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 12 In article <48957@pyramid.pyramid.com> markhall@pyramid.UUCP (Mark Hall) writes: -#pragma rotate lid counterclockwise /* store pointers in - * Best Foods - * Mayonaise Jars. - */ -Is it legal to start the comment on the pragma line? From what I read* -in the standard, it is illegal. How about explaining how you deduce that? I'm away from my copy of the standard, but I'm sure the comment was supposed to have been replaced by a space character before the #pragma line was ever (pre)processed.