On Sun, 2012-05-06 at 20:57 +0200, Pascal Costanza wrote: > Hi, > > I'm thinking about writing up a CDR on #;-style comments. Currently, > if you want to comment out a form from CL code, there is no standard > way of doing this. Many people use something like #+nil, or similar > tricks, but this is not 100% reliable. R6RS Scheme introduced #; as a > solution, and this seems to become somewhat popular in CL as well. > > Here is a suggested wording. > > ------------- snip ----------------- > > #; is used to comment out single expressions; the syntax is /#; > expression/. This textual notation is treated as whitespace; that is, > it is as if the ``#; expression'' did not appear and only a space > appeared in its place. > > #; operates by skipping over the form. Skipping over the form is > accomplished by binding *read-suppress* to true and then calling read. > > ------------- snip ----------------- > > The text is based on 2.4.8.17 of the HyperSpec. Yes, this would be a > fairly short CDR document.
Awesome idea -- Stelian Ionescu a.k.a. fe[nl]ix Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. http://common-lisp.net/project/iolib
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