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It was Monday, May 12, 2003 when Rafael Garcia-Suarez took the soap box, saying: : 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.) That should probably be documented. :-) Casey West -- Shooting yourself in the foot with Unix You shoot yourself in the foot --- perl-current.orig/pod/perlsyn.pod Sat Apr 26 20:07:07 2003 +++ perl-current/pod/perlsyn.pod Mon May 12 17:54:21 2003 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 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. +expression or pattern match operator, so don't do that. =head2 DeclarationsThread Previous | Thread Next