Did comment /* */ syntax change?

[robertekraut]

Until recently, I would write do files using "/************************************/ at the beginning and end of a block of comments to make commands easier to read, but now the same syntax comments out all lines following the final "**/" . Now, I have to end the final line of the block with " */". That is, this doesn't work:

/*******************************************************************************/
*save a dataset with non-centered variables
/*******************************************************************************/
save newfilename.dta,replace

but this does:

/*******************************************************************************/
*save a dataset with non-centered variables
/****************************************************************************** */
save newfilename.dta,replace

Does anyone know the rationale for this change?

[Clyde Schechter]

Although I cannot find the thread, I believe that this problem has been recently reported by somebody else in this Forum, and was acknowledged by StataCorp to be a bug. While it is on their to-do list to fix this, at least as of the latest update, the problem still remains.

One thing I recall that was pointed out is that the problem is related to the parity of the number of asterisks, so you can work around by adding or removing one asterisk.

[robertekraut]

Clyde, Thanks. Glad to learn I wasn't going crazy.

[Chen Samulsion]

That is a bug. Clyde may want to find this: https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...do-file-editor

[Clyde Schechter]

Thank you, Chen Samulsion , that is precisely the thread I was looking for!

[Chinh Nguyen (StataCorp)]

This was fixed in the 26 Feb 2025 update.

[Hemanshu Kumar]

That's great to know! Perhaps the update notes could have mentioned the fix?