Note that you cannot place a /* ... */
comment inside another
/* ... */
comment. If you try, you find that the inner comment's
*/
terminates the outer comment, and your C compiler cannot
compile your program:
/* <-----------------------------------* | First part of outer comment ... | | /* <-- Commented out | */ of inner comment | terminates /* of Inner comment ... | outer comment | */ -------------------------------------* Second part of outer comment ... */ <-- Dangles