fpt Reference: CHANGE TRAILING COMMENT DELIMITER

fpt and WinFPT Reference Manual - Command-line Commands

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CHANGE TRAILING COMMENT DELIMITER TO EXCLAMATION

Syntax:

[DO NOT] CHANGE TRAILING COMMENT DELIMITER [TO] [EXCLAMATION]

Function:

This command is used in software migration. It changes the C-style trailing comment delimiter /* systematically to !. /* trailing comment delimiters are accepted by Salford compilers but not by most other systems.

Trailing comments are converted to line comments by the command NO TRAILING COMMENTS.

Where to Use this Command

Operating system command line	Yes
Configuration file, config.fsp	Yes
Specification (fsp) files, *.fsp	Yes
Interactively, to FPT> prompt	Yes
Interactive command files	Yes
Embedded in the Fortran code	No

Default

Trailing comment delimiters are not changed by default (Note that defaults may be modified in the configuration file).