What exactly does an #if 0 ..... #endif block do?

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Published on 2010-05-17T21:23:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 21:30 UTC
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What happens to code placed between an #if 0/#endif block?

#if 0

//Code goes here

#endif

Does the code simply get skipped and therefore does not get executed?

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