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Rule 5.7.1 - The character sequence /* shall not be used within a C-style comment
Category: Required
Analysis: Decidable,Single Translation Unit
Rationale
C++ does not support the nesting of C-style comments, even though some compilers support this as a non-portable language extension. A comment
beginning with /* continues until the first */ is encountered.
Any /* sequence occurring inside a C-style comment is a violation of this rule.
Example
Consider the following code fragment:
/* Some comment, end comment marker accidentally omitted
Perform_Critical_Safety_Function( X );
/* <- this is non-compliant */
In reviewing the code containing the call to the function, the assumption is that it is executed. However, because the end comment marker is
missing, the call to Perform_Critical_Safety_Function will not be executed.
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