Re: Which code style do you prefer the most?

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

// isn't devoid of quirks (this is still C after all), for example:
>
   fopen(file,"rb");   // open file in \windows\system32\
   fread(...);
>
Here, the // line continues onto the next, so that the fread is
commented out. But they are fewer.

Interesting. Isn't this considered a compiler bug? I am aware that you
can do the same thing with strings like this:

fprintf(stderr, "multi\
line\
strings\
are fun.");

I can understand how this might be useful; but with *comments*?? Was
that actually a thing in the official C standards?
To me it just feels like a compiler bug that was never fixed. Because
allowing backslashes `\' to escape comments is just weird.

--
Rakin