## BUG: Visual Workbench Interprets /* in a String as a Comment

Q120960

    1.00 1.50 1.51
    WINDOWS
    kbtool kbbuglist

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    The information in this article applies to:

     - The Visual Workbench included with:
       Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.5, and 1.51
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    SYMPTOMS
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    The Visual Workbench uses color coded syntax to make programming easier. If
    "/*" (without the quotation marks) is part of a literal string, the
    development environment interprets it as the beginning of a comment and
    changes the color of all the text in the file until the environment finds a
    matching "*/" (without the quotation marks) to end the comment. The sample
    code in the More Information section below illustrates this problem.

    STATUS
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    Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the products listed at the
    beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post
    new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
    available.

    This is not a problem in Visual C++ 32-bit Edition.

    MORE INFORMATION
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    Sample Code
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    /* Remove the space between the      */
    /* slash and star to see the problem */

    char test[20]="/ *";
    void main(void)
    {
    }

    Additional reference words: 1.00 1.50
    KBCategory: kbtool kbbuglist kbcode
    KBSubcategory: VWBIss

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