From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT new-orleans DOT NeoSoft DOT com>
Subject: Re: Embedded assembler and comments
To: dj AT stealth DOT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 08:53:05 -0600 (CST)
Cc: OKRA AT max DOT tiac DOT net, UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> >   Ah... Okay, so why not try giving the assembler a directive that says 
> > this is no longer preprocessed?
> 
> Why not just move the comments outside of the asm() string and avoid
> the problem altogether?

The point is that previous versions of GAS could handle /* */ comments
without the preprocessor, where the newer version can't.  It is typically
a bad idea to remove functionality (or change it) which is used in a
large installed base.  Decisions like this cause needless rework and
recoding between releases.  But this is FSF problem.