(C) Warning

When the compiler detects 'something strange' (but is able to compile) it will emit a warning, instead of an ?error. These warnings, however, often indicate unexpected behaviour (for the programmer, that is). It is a good idea to correct the warning.

/* detected in comment

Caused by a nested comment.

/* 
  COMMENT 1 
  /* 
    NESTED COMMENT 2 
/

/

It depends on your compiler if this is a serious problem, instead of 'just sloppy'. But if your compiler supports only 80 characters per line, this might indicate a serious error:

/* A naive programmer's code on an 80 characters */
/* per line supporting compiler                  */
/* Some long comment of muuuuuuuuuuuuuuch more then eight characters long */
someFunction();
/* A short comment */

This will be transformed to:

/* A naive programmer's code on an 80 characters */
/* per line supporting compiler                  */
/* Some long comment of muuuuuuuuu
someFunction();
/* A short comment */

which makes someFunction() comment as well!

last edited (November 24, 2006) by bilderbikkel, Number of views: 1197, Current Rev: 2 (Diff)

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