[sc34wg3] Multi-line comments in CTM

[Robert Barta]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 11:24:38AM -0500, Patrick Durusau wrote:

> # Here is a multi-line
> # comment to document
> # some fact or another
> #
> 
> So, I guess my question is whether or not a multi-line comment mechanism 
> is thought to be necessary for commenting out blocks of material in a 
> CTM instance?

No. And many languages have abandoned multiline comments with
start/end tokens. They are also dangerous because it is NOT always
obvious when a comment starts and when one ends. Let's try that with
/* */ :


/* this is clearly a comment */

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/* this is /* also a comment */ 
but is this still comment ? */

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/* I like to fool 

- "syntax-sensitive editors */"

*/

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And then there is the usual "I do not know how far my comment
reaches" effect:

interesting-topic

/* commenting out uninteresting stuff

.. very long text here

*/

a-tiny-piece-difficult-to-spot

/*

... more long text here

*/

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This discussion is so very 1980. :-)

\rho