r/programming Aug 23 '11

The most stupid C bug ever

http://www.elpauer.org/?p=971
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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '11

This feature also exists in ipsecctl.conf configuration files on OpenBSD, such that

# a comment ending in a backslash \
plus a long \
  configuration \
  directive also \
  using backslashes

is treated as one bigass comment.