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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - clang-format of a C/C++ comment including a word that starts with a '/' may lead to a premature termination of comment"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41213">41213</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>clang-format of a C/C++ comment including a word that starts with a '/' may lead to a premature termination of comment
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>8.0
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>normal
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>Formatter
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>fhansen@nevelex.com
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>djasper@google.com, klimek@google.com, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>Created <span class=""><a href="attachment.cgi?id=21656" name="attach_21656" title="Test file that reproduces the problem">attachment 21656</a> <a href="attachment.cgi?id=21656&action=edit" title="Test file that reproduces the problem">[details]</a></span>
Test file that reproduces the problem

Formatting this comment with clang-format -style=LLVM

---
/*
 *      If the character before 'If' is a tab, the next line will start
/immediately after the asterisk on the next line.
 *      If that word starts with a '/', the comment is terminated prematurely
and
 *      we get a compilation error.
 */
---

produces

---
/*
 *      If the character before 'If' is a tab, the next line will start
 */immediately after the asterisk on the next line. If that word starts with a
 *'/', the comment is terminated prematurely and we get a compilation error.
 */
---

The example is self-explanatory, but the problem is that we wind up with '*/'
before the real end of the comment.

The problem happens only if the character before 'If' is a tab. It does _not_
happen if the character(s) before 'If' are spaces.</pre>
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