And while at it, make it right and allow nesting. Please.
On 3 November 2011 08:14, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr>wrote: > to me "* *" convey much better that this is a comment. > > Stef > > On Nov 1, 2011, at 6:08 PM, Eliot Miranda wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Lukas Renggli <reng...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The problem is that both #/* and #/* are valid binary operators, so > > they don't work well for comments. > > > > I don't really remember what I proposed a few years ago, although I > > remember that exactly the same proposal was made. What would work is > > to use something like "* and *" (or any other double thing that starts > > with a double quote). Like this the comments could contain double > > quotes. > > > > Gilad Bracha chose (* & *) for Newspeak. These are not valid binary > selectors and * can't follow ( in valid code. A good choice. > > > > > > As a short term solution you can also put your comments into single > > quotes. Unused string literals are removed by the compiler. > > > > Lukas > > > > On 31 October 2011 22:00, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> > wrote: > > > Me too. > > > > > > Sean lukas proposed a syntax for that in the mailing-list a year ago. > > > If you find it please resent it. > > > > > > Stef > > > > > > On Oct 31, 2011, at 9:12 PM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: > > > > > >> Would it be difficult/valuable to create an alternate comment syntax? > I often > > >> find myself wanting to comment a large block itself containing > comments. It > > >> would be nice to have something like C++'s /* */. I feel like this > may have > > >> been brought up before, but couldn't find it searching the lists. > > >> > > >> Sean > > >> > > >> -- > > >> View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Comment-Syntax-tp3961451p3961451.html > > >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Lukas Renggli > > www.lukas-renggli.ch > > > > > > > > > > -- > > best, > > Eliot > > > > > -- Milan Mimica http://sparklet.sf.net
