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Re: Block Commenting

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Aug 03, 2003
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Willems" <peter at integratedmoves.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: Block Commenting


> 
> 
> 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.

Not to mention the ability to color-code comments to make them even more visible
- block or line!

The 'D' language ( http://www.digitalmars.com ) has the ability to read HTML as
its source text (as well as just unformatted text files). The actual program text
in contained with in <CODE>...</CODE> tags and all the rest is just 'comments'.
Makes documentation an intrinsic aspect of the source code.

-- 
Derek