> I'm working with VC++ 4.1 (because that's what the original code was
> developed with, and because compiling it with VC6 or .NET yields
> executables that behave strangely.  Also note that while I consider myself
> an expert at C, I am a relative beginner in C++.

> Here are three code snippets, the first two from the same file.  I know
> the first is a destructor, while the second is a method, so I thought
> there might be some difference in meaning.  I am fairly sure in these two,
> the {{ and }} are merely decoration, but I'd like to be sure.

> RgnData::~RgnData()
> {{
>     if (mData) free(mData);
> }}

> void
> RgnData::SetRect(short index, const RECT& r)
> {{
>     RECT*   bounds = &mData->rdh.rcBound;

>     memcpy(mData->Buffer + (index * sizeof(RECT)), &r, sizeof(RECT));

>     if ( (bounds->left   == 0)  &&
>          (bounds->right  == 0)  &&
>          (bounds->top    == 0)  &&
>          (bounds->bottom == 0))
>         *bounds = r;
>     else
>     {
>         if (bounds->left   > r.left)    bounds->left    = r.left;
>         if (bounds->top    > r.top)     bounds->top     = r.top;
>         if (bounds->right  < r.right)   bounds->right   = r.right;
>         if (bounds->bottom < r.bottom)  bounds->bottom  = r.bottom;
>     }
> }}

> In the following example, it's my understanding that the {{ is meaningful,
> even though within a comment.  Thanks in advance.

> BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(C8PropSheet, CPropertySheet)
>     //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(C8PropSheet)
>         // NOTE - the ClassWizard will add and remove mapping macros here.
>         //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
>     ON_REGISTERED_MESSAGE(wm_SETCONTROLFOCUS, OnSetCtrlFocus)
> END_MESSAGE_MAP()

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