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//Causes an error on the line below...
*/

One solution is to use C99 style comments:

// max(): Finds the largest integer in an array and returns it.
// If the array length is less than 1, the result is undefined.
// arr: The array of integers to search.
// num: The number of integers in arr.
int max(int arr[], int num)
{
int max = arr[0];
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
if (arr[i] > max)
max = arr[i];
return max;
}

Now the entire block can be commented out easily:

/*

// max(): Finds the largest integer in an array and returns it.
// If the array length is less than 1, the result is undefined.
// arr: The array of integers to search.
// num: The number of integers in arr.
int max(int arr[], int num)
{
int max = arr[0];
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
if (arr[i] > max)
max = arr[i];
return max;
}

*/

Another solution is to avoid disabling code using comment syntax, using #ifdef or #ifndef
preprocessor directives instead. These directives do nest, leaving you free to comment your code
in the style you prefer.

#define DISABLE_MAX /* Remove or comment this line to enable max() code block */

#ifdef DISABLE_MAX
/*
* max(): Finds the largest integer in an array and returns it.
* If the array length is less than 1, the result is undefined.
* arr: The array of integers to search.
* num: The number of integers in arr.
*/
int max(int arr[], int num)
{
int max = arr[0];
for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
if (arr[i] > max)
max = arr[i];

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