YUI Compressor gets confused and thinks the /* is the start of a new comment, rather than the end of an existing comment, completely breaking the contents of the file, either by dropping the contents or including them as a comment (depending on the specific context).
If the source file contains this:
YUI Compressor gets confused and thinks the
/*
is the start of a new comment, rather than the end of an existing comment, completely breaking the contents of the file, either by dropping the contents or including them as a comment (depending on the specific context).