Different answer for Exercise 1.8

[zhenk14]

Exercise information

Exercise 1.8

Question or Bug

Didn't generate error for

std::cout << /* "*/" /* "/*" */;

Instead, terminal shows

 /* 

Should the first /* and the first / comments out the first " and last / and last / comments out the last " and leave with with "/" in the middle?

Your enviroment information

• System: : (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04):
• Compiler version/IDE: gcc version 7.3.0

[pawankholiya01]

{/"/} " /* " {/"/};
complete expression inside curly braces is commented out so yeah you should get thatoutput

[Marina-Ananyeva]

It's not mistake. However, it is incorrect to use this format for comments. I think the author meant it.