Re: comment followed by ?> fails to parse

On Wed, 29 May 2002, Jason Wong wrote: > On Wednesday 29 May 2002 21:27, Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS) wrote: > > I disagree. I use // because then when I need to take out a chunk of code > > (the requirements for the programs change faster than I can keep up with > > them!!) I can do /* unnecessary code */ and it doesn't end prematurely. > > Yes this hightlights another shortcoming of PHP in that it cannot have nested > multi-line comments. This is not a shortcoming. This is an issue of the scanner of the compiler. It is not possible to remember the nesting level of the comments because of the nature of regular expressions: they lack memory. cheers, thalis > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > /* > For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in > the same room and let them fight it out. > -- Steven Wright > */ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >