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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch:
>
>> If EOF is seen inside a comment, do something sensible but
>> it doesn't matter what as long as it's sensible.
>
> Is just stopping the program not sensible, e.g.:
>
>    void main( void ) {}
>    /* commenging...
>
> may output
>
>    void main( void ) {}
>
> and call it run?

Yes that's fine.  You might want to issue an error message,
and/or give an error return status, but either way is
perfectly okay.