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Are comments removed by the compiler of Objective C iPhone apps?

I just wondered if comments are included in binaries, or does the compiler know to remove them?

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Objective C, just like plain C, uses the preprocessor to do that kind of stuff. The compiler doesn't even see comments.

rubenvb  2010-08-14 16:39:36

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