bearophile wrote: >> I was wondering, though. C++ compatibility aside, is there an actual use >> case for the C style block comments anymore? > > C compatibility is an important goal of D, so you can't put it aside.
Of course. It was mostly theoretical. It may be generally interesting. > (Time ago I have suggested the opposite, to make the /* */ nestable and > remove /+ +/, but this idea was not appreciated by D devs.) I can understand that. It would break compatibility: /* /* */ (here be code in C, comment in D) -- Michiel Helvensteijn