AFAIK block comment is not possible it needs to be implemented in R interpreter and defined in the parser.'If' solution is not elegant.
On 2 September 2017 at 14:09, Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: > > > On 02.09.2017 11:40, Christian wrote: >> >> I consider it quite worth while to introduce into R syntax a nestable >> block comment like >> >> #{ >> <block of code> >> }# > > > if(FALSE){ > <block of code> > } > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > >> It would make documentation more easily manageable and lucid. >> Is there considerable need for this. >> >> Please, comment on this. >> How about R core? >> >> Christian > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.