> Another question about legal comments: can /* comments nest? How
> deeply? If I understood from the lecture correctly, a // comment is
> ignored inside of a /* comment (i.e. it can't comment out a */)?
>
Classic comments cannot nest. This is a problem
with comments in C, and is not fixed in the C++ comments.
/*
i++; /* add one to i */
j++ /* add one to j */
*/
becomes
j++ /* add one to j */
*/
Which is an error.
If you want to comment out a block of code that
may contain comments in C, you must us something like
#if 0
i++; /* add one to i */
j++ /* add one to j */
#endif
I don't know how to do this in Java.
>
> PS. Another interesting comment near quotes:
>
> "Print out a backslash:\\" /* This is a comment */
Yes, you have to watch for commented character.
I claim it that the idea of an FSM still makes
this easy.
- jeff parker
PS You should be wrapping up this assignment,
and starting to get ready for HW #1.
