------- Comment #4 from burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-02-08 17:54 ------- One big problem which prevents omitting the -traditional-cpp is that comments are not ignored. Another example of this is
! .... /* which is regarded as the beginning of a C/C++ comment. Thus we should add two modes to CPP, one for fixed-form and one for free-form Fortran code. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28662
