1.6 error in comment handling inside of strings

[dieterm57]

Following code does not compile:

  Serial.println("/\\");
  Serial.println("//");

but insert a comment in between:

  Serial.println("/\\");
  //\
  Serial.println("//");

... and it does
wtf?

[matthijskooijman]

Could you provide the compiler error messages you are getting?

[dieterm57]

sketch_feb13b.ino:10:3: error: missing terminating " character
sketch_feb13b.ino: In function 'void loop()':
sketch_feb13b.ino:11:1: error: expected primary-expression before '}' token
Error compiling.

[ffissore]

This is yet another bug related to the preprocessor. Please try one of the builds from #2636

[ffissore]

Fixed by #3779