On 3/15/2015 4:02 AM, "Marc =?UTF-8?B?U2Now7x0eiI=?= <schue...@gmx.net>" wrote:
Nope, that requires the commented-out part to be syntactically correct. My
primary use-case for /+ +/ is during development, when I quickly need to disable
specific parts of code. These frequently don't coincide with syntactic
boundaries.
It's not an onerous limitation.
On a related note, see how difficult it is to remove a feature? Every time I
propose one, someone pops up and says they built their life around it :-)
At least in this case, it's because they are actually useful, and there is no
convenient replacement. Besides, why would you want to remove them again? Just
so we can say, "Look, we removed a feature!"? They're so trivial to implement
and support, and so easy to learn, that their presence does not add a
significant cost.
It's the drip-drip-drip of a thousand features that adds up.
Anyhow, it obviously isn't going anywhere.
