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[Sven Panne]

Simon Marlow wrote:
> Actually I would have gone the other way and converted them all to //.
> I rather like //, especially since /*...*/ doesn't nest properly.  The
> coding style document (in the commentary) also mentions that the use of
> // is encouraged. [...]

Hmmm, I wasn't aware about that style issue, sorry. But anyway, code like

    #if BLAH
    ...
    #endif // BLAH

simply doesn't work with all CPPs, one has to use /* */ here to avoid
compatibility issues.

Cheers,
    S.