> > 2) Balanced-boundary (non-EOL-terminated) comments. Whether the syntax
> > is #| ... |# (á là Common Lisp) or /* ... */ (C- and Java-like) or
> > something else, I don't much care, but I think both line-terminated and
> > balanced comments are called for. Likewise, whether balanced-boundary
> > comments nest or not is not a key concern of mine, though it might be
> > nice if they did, for a change.
>
> Are you aware of the (comment ...) macro? Is there any benefit to balanced
> comments that the macro doesn't provide?
There is one weakness with the comment macro; the Reader has to be
happy with the body of the comment. Including things like # in the
comment body can upset the reader and cause your file to not compile.
Allen
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