Ok, this might be the most simple feature request ever, but here goes.
Why is it that the /* */ comments are not already nestable? Can it be done? It wouldn't even hurt C code porting, and might render /+ +/ useless, (or keep both comments so that /* */ and /+ +/ can be used for different types of commenting)

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Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> Why is it that the /* */ comments are not already nestable? Can it be done? It wouldn't even hurt C code porting

It can be done, but it would hurt porting, which is probably why it's not been done. It's not that rare to see multiple "/*" relying on one "*/" to close them all. Were they made nesting, only the last would be closed and the code would break.

Deewiant wrote:
> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>> Why is it that the /* */ comments are not already nestable? Can it be
>> done? It wouldn't even hurt C code porting
> 
> It can be done, but it would hurt porting, which is probably why it's not been
> done. It's not that rare to see multiple "/*" relying on one "*/" to close them
> all. Were they made nesting, only the last would be closed and the code would break.

Hum, that's right, didn't remember about that case, although it seems like a bad practice to do that in C/C++ code. I still prefer that /* */ were nestable.

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