Disable "/* within block comment" warning in Xcode
xcode
Solution
If you want to see the warning code, do a build, go to the "Log Navigator", select a build, expand the build log:
Once you're looking at the details of your build log, you'll see the warning code listed there. In this case, you'll see the warning is `-Wcomment`.
Note, this helps you identify the warning you inquired about (the "/* within block comment" warning), but it doesn't change the behavior of nested `/* ... */` comments.
I personally use Abizern's technique for quickly commenting large blocks. Alternatively, you could use
#if 0
and
#endif
(which you can nest) when commenting out your block
Problem
I frequently need multiple nested multiline (or "partial line") comments while developing. Xcode recently introduced possibly the world's most annoying Warning - and it's forced me to disable "warnings as errors". I'm guessing this warning is to catch the extremely rare case of when someone typos and causes a block comment to have no end - but IME there are many many other problems that will cause that will reveal it very quickly. Some examples: ``` /* removed while debugging the BARFOO -(void) aMethod { [self methodCall:7.0 /* needed to FOO the BAR: */ * self.multiplier * /* double for hi-res:*/ 2.0]; } */ ``` and: ``` /* removed while debugging the BARFOO /** This method has DOCUMENTATION */ -(void) aDocumentedMethod { ... } -(void) aMethod { /** internally, we have to BAR BAR the FOOFOO. 1. BAR 2. BARBAR 3. Finally, FOOOFOO */ ...complex lines of source here... } */ ``` and of course, the very simple double-comment-out while debugging. But I can't find a place in Xcode5 to disable this warning - it doesn't seem to exist in any of the listed warnings :( ?