Some user-made C functions and their D equivalents

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On Thursday, 28 July 2022 at 12:44:19 UTC, pascal111 wrote:
>> [...]
>> Do you think it helps the compiler if you put these
>>
>> `/******************************************/`
>>
>> between your functions? Or is there anybody else who benefits 
>> from it?
>
> "Do you think it helps the compiler if you put these"
> Are you serious? maybe it's useful for compilers with some way.

Precisely in what way? I am not kidding. I am seriously asking 
the question: In what way may a C or C++ compiler benefit from 
lines between functions which contain only comments consisting of 
nothing else than asterisks?