This one bit me today

[Paul Svensson]

In article <1989Oct28.005308.11463 at virtech.uucp> cpcahil at virtech.uucp writes: 
>Contents of string constants have never been parsed for comment delimeters.

Well, how about this then:

#ifdef notdef
	"!%()[]/*",
#endif

I know at least one compiler that fail to realize that this does not
start a comment.
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