cpp is pain

Did I mention that our C pre-processor clone is pain in the ass ?

I think I did...

C comments (/* */) are not recognized in strings (" "), goodie. But we also have a comment type of our own, -- ..., like C++s //, just that its contents are not removed, but rather must be passed to the compiler as-is. So, inside --, neither " nor /* count.

Can you even imagine how many contrived examples can be thought of for various "tricks" mixing /*, -- and " " ?? A lot, A LOT !!!!

grrpphhh... annoyed.