Can't comment selection

Question

Sometimes, it seems I can\'t comment my code with the usual shortcut (command + /) under Xcode 8 Beta 4. The option is disabled in the menu (screen

Answer 1

It seems that if you have nested /* anywhere in your code it breaks the commenting from then on. Others have reported that it happens with nested block comments. However if you have nested /* anywhere, including a string it will fail.

Note the following bit of code is working with path characters / and wildcards * that together make /*. Anything after this line and commenting out doesn't work in XCode.

int foo = "this line can be commented out";

predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(cachedAudioDataURL like '*/Library/Private*/*')) AND (NOT (cachedAudioDataURL like '*/Documents/*'))"];

int bar = "broken - can't be commented out";