From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 4fb433f4 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 16:47:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EB9E9A24F4; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 02:47:57 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D4BBA1F03; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 02:47:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 70D43A1F03; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 02:41:35 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 5947 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2018 02:41:34 AEST Received: from loire.is.ed.ac.uk (loire.is.ed.ac.uk [129.215.16.10]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC0D393D07 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 02:41:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.202.41]) by loire.is.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id wB7F1hxT013056; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:01:43 GMT Received: from macaroni.inf.ed.ac.uk (macaroni.inf.ed.ac.uk [129.215.197.42]) by crunchie.inf.ed.ac.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id wB7F0xvu021700; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:00:59 GMT Received: by macaroni.inf.ed.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 26013) id D600B2283C8E; Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:01:25 +0000 (GMT) From: Richard Tobin To: Caipenghui , tuhs@tuhs.org In-Reply-To: Caipenghui's message of Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:27:41 +0000 X-Mailer: Ream 5.1.51-richard-mac Message-Id: <20181207150125.D600B2283C8E@macaroni.inf.ed.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 15:01:25 +0000 (GMT) X-Edinburgh-Scanned: at loire.is.ed.ac.uk with MIMEDefang 2.84, Sophie, Sophos Anti-Virus, Clam AntiVirus Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 129.215.16.10 Subject: Re: [TUHS] c's comment X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > Why can't c language comments be nested? For comments that really are comments, what would be the point? For comments that are really removal of code - commenting out - there is a better mechanism, #if (or #ifdef), which does nest. -- Richard -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.