Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!friedl From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Comments and pragma lines Summary: Comments go out before preprocessor directives are recognized Message-ID: <959@vsi.COM> Date: 30 Nov 88 01:53:56 GMT References: <48957@pyramid.pyramid.com> Distribution: na Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 20 In article <48957@pyramid.pyramid.com>, markhall@pyramid.pyramid.com (Mark Hall) writes: > Is it legal to start the comment on the pragma line? From what I read > in the standard, it is illegal. Comments are removed before any preprocessing directives are recognized, so #pragma foo /* comment goes here */ removes the entire comment before the #pragma is seen. This comes from section 2.1.1.2, `Translation Phases' (page 6 of the May88 dpANS). Steve --- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl ---------Nancy Reagan on cutting the grass: "Just say mow"--------