(Non) Nesting block comments

[Michel Fortin]

On 2009-07-21 05:31:13 -0400, Michiel Helvensteijn 
<m.helvensteijn.remove at gmail.com> said:

> Robert Jacques wrote:
> 
>> Well /* */ are excellent for toggling code sections. I tend to use
>> constructs such as // */ or  //* or /*/ which allows me to turn on of off
>> blocks with often a single key stroke. Using /+ +/ means I have to Add
>> /++/ and remove /++/ each time I want to activate or deactivate a code
>> block.
> 
> Why? I believe that /++/ works exactly like /**/ in that regard. Doesn't it?
> 
> //+
> code that can be turned off by removing the first /
> //+/

I'm pretty sure he meant comment out a signle line at the top, not 
both, like this:

	/*
	A
	/*/
	B
	/**/

With this, you compile B while A is in a comment. Add "/" at the start 
of the first line and you compile code A while B is now in commented 
out.


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