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Doc Bug #65347 Comments should be nestable
Submitted: 2013-07-26 18:53 UTC Modified: 2013-07-26 22:50 UTC
From: TorrAB at Yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.4.17 OS: WindowsXP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2013-07-26 18:53 UTC] TorrAB at Yahoo dot com 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.basic-syntax.comments
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Comments should be nestable:
/*some code being bypassed /*comment: watch out for 0.*/more code bypassed*/

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 [2013-07-26 22:43 UTC] yohgaki@php.net
-Type: Feature/Change Request +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2013-07-26 22:43 UTC] yohgaki@php.net 
You may escape comment strings as follows.

<?php
/* aa \/* bb *\/ cc*/
echo 9999;
?>

It would be easy job for smart editors.
However, it seems this is not documented.
 [2013-07-26 22:50 UTC] bjori@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2013-07-26 22:50 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Seriously?


Its documented on the page he linked to.
"'C' style comments end at the first */ encountered. Make sure you don't nest 'C' 
style comments. It is easy to make this mistake if you are trying to comment out 
a large block of code."
 
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