Michel Fortin Wrote: > On 2009-07-21 05:31:13 -0400, Michiel Helvensteijn > <m.helvensteijn.rem...@gmail.com> said: > > > Robert Jacques wrote: > > > >> Well /* */ are excellent for toggling code sections. I tend to use > >> constructs such as // */ or //* or /*/ which allows me to turn on of off > >> blocks with often a single key stroke. Using /+ +/ means I have to Add > >> /++/ and remove /++/ each time I want to activate or deactivate a code > >> block. > > > > Why? I believe that /++/ works exactly like /**/ in that regard. Doesn't it? > > > > //+ > > code that can be turned off by removing the first / > > //+/ > > I'm pretty sure he meant comment out a signle line at the top, not > both, like this: > > /* > A > /*/ > B > /**/ > > With this, you compile B while A is in a comment. Add "/" at the start > of the first line and you compile code A while B is now in commented > out. > > > -- > Michel Fortin > michel.for...@michelf.com > http://michelf.com/ >
IMHO, this is an ugly trick. it's less readable IMO and it just saves a cuple keystrokes. readability is more important than that. more over, this is completely unneeded (unless you program in notepad) since even the simplest of the (programmer) text editors has a shortcut to comment/uncomment a block of code. For instance, in Eclipse it's Ctrl+Shift+/ -- yigal