From: nxk3 AT dante DOT student DOT cwru DOT edu (Natarajan Krishnaswami)
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Subject: C++ comments in C code (was Re: VESA 2.0 and getch() bug?)
Date: 25 Mar 1997 14:35:02 GMT
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On Sun, 23 Mar 1997 18:43:27 GMT, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > You can use both C style comments (/* */) and C++ style comments (//)
> > with DJGPP.
> 
> Not true.
> 
> You can use both styles of comments in any C++ source, regardless of
> compiler, but "//" comments may not be used in C source.

Really?  This would make djgpp incompatible with much GNU C source.
Perhaps you mean to say "//" comments may not be used in ANSI C source.


  File: gcc.info, Node: C++ Comments, Next: Dollar Signs, Prev: \
  Function Prototypes, Up: C Extensions

  C++ Style Comments
  ==================

     In GNU C, you may use C++ style comments, which start with `//'
  and continue until the end of the line.  Many other C implementations
  allow such comments, and they are likely to be in a future C
  standard.  However, C++ style comments are not recognized if you
  specify `-ansi' or `-traditional', since they are incompatible with
  traditional constructs like `dividend//*comment*/divisor'.


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