9 Feb
2017
9 Feb
'17
4:38 a.m.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Feb 2017, Corey Lindsly wrote:
Perhaps I meant named.conf (part of BIND):
named.conf is the configuration file for named. Statements are enclosed
in braces and terminated with a semi-colon. Clauses in the statements
are also semi-colon terminated. The usual comment styles are supported:
C style: /* */
C++ style: // to end of line
Unix style: # to end of line
Where did you get
; But this?
Old School assembler comments. This found its way into a number of
config files long after most uses of Old School assembler had moved
on...
Macro-16 is where I first encountered it, but it is much older. It is
common in DEC syntax, and some others.
Warner
I'm
quite taken by BIND, though, which accepts
/* this */
// this
# and this.
Not that.
; But this.