Re: comment scope

2006-03-15 Thread Damian Conway
Mark wrote: : What about : : =comment explain : The devil made me write this code : : =comment future : Add a :devil option : : =comment design : See www.dev.il/design/S25.pod : : =comment etc. etc. : >:-) In Perl 6 Pod, those are e

Re: comment scope

2006-03-15 Thread Larry Wall
On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:42:53PM +0100, Mark Overmeer wrote: : * Damian Conway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060315 01:52]: : > That's why the general Perl 6 Pod syntax allows any block construct to be : > labelled: : > : > =begin comment (explanation) : > The devil made me write this code : >

Re: comment scope

2006-03-15 Thread Mark Overmeer
* Damian Conway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060315 01:52]: > That's why the general Perl 6 Pod syntax allows any block construct to be > labelled: > > =begin comment (explanation) > The devil made me write this code > =end comment > > =begin comment (future implementation) > Add a :

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread Damian Conway
Mark Overmeer wrote: Looking very much forward to it... as you know. But don't you think that the term "comment" is too general? The comment text has a purpose, for instance - comment to explain code - comment for future implementation ideas - references to design documents - etc etc

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread Dave Whipp
Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: Perl6 could introduce (lexical, nestable) comment scope. In P5 I often us q{...} in void context -- P6 seems to be attaching tags to the quote operator, so q:comment{...} might fall out naturally.

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread Mark Overmeer
* Damian Conway ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060314 23:03]: > Larry wrote: > > >On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:36:22PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: > >: Or POD-ish. > > > >Or POD-ish is what A2 proposes. I still like > > > >=begin FOO > > ... > >=end FOO > > And I'm in the midst of writing S2

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread mark . a . biggar
Isn't this what POD is for? -- Mark Biggar [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Original message -- From: "Ruud H.G. van Tol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Perl6 could introduce (lexical, nestable) comment scope. > >

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread Damian Conway
Larry wrote: On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:36:22PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: : Or POD-ish. Or POD-ish is what A2 proposes. I still like =begin FOO ... =end FOO And I'm in the midst of writing S26 (Documentation), wherein I propose a standard: =begin comment ...

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread Larry Wall
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:36:22PM +0100, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: : Or POD-ish. Or POD-ish is what A2 proposes. I still like =begin FOO ... =end FOO Larry

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
David Green wrote: > Ruud H.G. van Tol: >>Perl6 could introduce (lexical, nestable) comment scope. >>Has that been discussed before? > > I think someone might have mentioned it once. Officially you can use > # or make arbitrary POD sections. I don't think th

Re: comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread David Green
On 3/14/06, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: Perl6 could introduce (lexical, nestable) comment scope. Has that been discussed before? I think someone might have mentioned it once. Officially you can use # or make arbitrary POD sections. But I'd like to make a new push for extra comment chara

comment scope

2006-03-14 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
Perl6 could introduce (lexical, nestable) comment scope. Has that been discussed before? Maybe like: #<<#EOC # a comment line # another comment line #EOC Or like: #{# # first comment line # next comment line # last comment line #}# Or P