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When writing a comment block the editor now automatically inserts a space behind the * no matter what. I think it would be a welcome option if this was configurable. While it can make it easier to type a block of comments it becomes a tedious feature if you have several blocks to fill out since its now a lot harder to close a comment block. Its much easier to press space before you start typing (since you do this anyway) then it is to find backspace and then type / when you're done. Another argument is that this also makes setting up test cases harder. When I need to make sure that a certain block of code does not have any bugs (or to re-assure that it does ;)) its often easy to put /* at the top and when I'm at the last line of code I simply press enter + / after which the whole block is commented. This too is now harder to do with the extra space attached.