BUG: Visual Workbench Interprets /* in a String as a Comment
Q120960
1.00 1.50 1.51
WINDOWS
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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
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