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Casey West wrote: > : -ignored. If you attempt to use C</* */> C-style comments, it will be > : -interpreted either as division or pattern matching, depending on the > : -context, and C++ C<//> comments just look like a null regular > : -expression, so don't do that. > : +ignored. C-style C</* */> or C++ C<//> comments will do something else > : +entirely, so don't use them (and I mean it). > > This removed important details that explain why you shouldn't use C or > C++ style comments. It's probably not a good idea to remove details > from documentation. And BTW // can now be an operator, not only the empty regexp (in blead, not in maint.)Thread Previous | Thread Next