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Re: Why comment lines start with "dnl" ... what dnl stands for?
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: Why comment lines start with "dnl" ... what dnl stands for? |
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Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:10:48 -0600 |
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address@hidden wrote:
> Why comment lines start with "dnl" ... what dnl stands for?
It is an m4'ism. It means "delete through newline". From there to
the end of line, including the end of line, is dropped from the input
file as it is processed into the output file.
This should get you to the documentation on m4 concerning dnl.
info '(m4)Dnl'
Bob