[sc34wg3] Multi-line comments in CTM

[Robert Barta]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:30:11AM +0100, Steve Pepper wrote:
> * Murray
> |
> | Please, stick with the known when possible. Avoid the strange.
> 
> I agree with this and would have liked to see C/Java/CSS style comments.
> Unfortunately, though, the slash is an important path operator syntax in TMQL.

I really think that I have not said/written this often enough:

  TMQL and CTM are isolated  from each other. So theoretically
  they could be completely different languages.

  My thinking, though, is that if TMQL uses a certain symbol for a certain
  TM construct that CTM is doing the same (or vice versa).

> If TMQL and CTM are to have the same comment syntax (which I think
> they should), this is a showstopper for // (single line) and /*
> ... */ (multi-line).

I really think that I have not said/written this often enough:

  TMQL and CTM are isolated  from each other. So theoretically
  they could be completely different languages.

  My thinking, though, is that if TMQL uses a certain symbol for a certain
  TM construct that CTM is doing the same (or vice versa).

> One of the few symbols that TMQL hasn't used is the bang, which is
> why the Kyoto meeting agreed on !! (single line) and !* ... *!
> (multi-line).

I really think that I have not said/written this often enough:

  TMQL and CTM are isolated  from each other. So theoretically
  they could be completely different languages.

  My thinking, though, is that if TMQL uses a certain symbol for a certain
  TM construct that CTM is doing the same (or vice versa).

\rho