// comments

[Rex Jaeschke]

> Commenting out code is NOT the big reason why inline // comments
> are convenient!  It's so you don't have to remember to close every
> damn time.

How would you then propose the phases of translation problem be 
resolved? Consider the following:

#define A 10   // ..... \<new-line>

Is the backslash part of the comment or is it a continuation 
character?

According to 2.1.1.2, page 6 of the draft, continuation lines are 
recognized before comments. However, the last line of a source file 
CANNOT have a continuation character.

Rex

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