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RE: Block Commenting

• Posted by gertie at visionsix.com Aug 03, 2003
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On 3 Aug 2003, at 13:34, Andy Serpa wrote:

> 
> 
> > > Block comments would be a godsend, as well as a number of other bits of
> > > shorthand I'd like to see.
> > 
> >     I like to share with Robert on this one: I don't care for block 
> >     comments either. Tmo line comments have the great side effect of
> >     being very "visible" in large code files. Actually, I like to add
> >     additional "visibility" to comments by drawing lines (sort of)
> >     around my comments.
> > 
> >     Besides, most modern editors have the option to convert blocks
> >     of text into comments or back using line-comment identifiers.
> > 
> > <snip>
> 
> No one would force you to use block comments if you don't like them.  
> Line-comments would still exist, just like now.

Ya know, since RobC wouldn't add this stuff, Bliss/Bach was written, and 
does have it. And classes, and goto, and some other stuff.

Kat