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