Only partially related to the bug, so I'm replying directly instead of through bugzilla...
Does this mean that JSP uses a different Java language specification? If so, where can I find this separate specification? Are there any other big things like this that are incompatible with normal Java syntax? Thanks, -Paul Speed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR BUG > RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE AVAILABLE AT > <http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4339>. > ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE COLLECTED AND > INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE. > > http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4339 > > Cannot use "//" comments in JSP code > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Status|NEW |RESOLVED > Resolution| |WONTFIX > > ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2001-10-22 10:11 ------- > You should not be using "//" comments. You have absolutely no control over the > Java code that is generated for your page, so it is your responsibility to use > well-formed constructs. In this particular case, that means to use /* */ style > comment markers so that you can explicitly close them. Even if we changed > Tomcat to do what you suggest, depending on this would not be portable and you'd > have massive problems as soon as you tried to switch to some other container > that didn't do it. > > Using scriptlets at all can lead you into lots of other problems (such as > intermixing business logic and presentation logic that makes it very hard to > maintain and enhance your applications), but that is a whole separate > discussion.
