From: Arnaud Meuret <ameuret@...4you.com>
Date: 2001-07-04T17:58:15+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17225] Re: /* */ comments

|From: Mark Slagell [mailto:ms@iastate.edu]
|Stephen White wrote:
|> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Dave Thomas wrote:
|> >
|> > Waddya think? Good idea? Rebarbative C-ism?
|> 
|> Rebarbative. With "#", comment blocks are easy enough already.
|> 
|>   # This is a comment block
|>   # which is very long and
|>   # doesn't say much
|> 

	This is a block of comment lines
	NOT a comment block !


|>   /*
|>    This is a comment block
|>    which is very long and
|>    doesn't say much
|>   */
|> [snip...]
|> 
|> The "#" just looks plain better. :)

	Not so sure !

|[...]
| so /*...*/ is okay with me.
|
|Crazy thought: how would /#...#/ be instead?
|

I like this not-so-C-ish alternative ! 8')

However, one nice thing about /* */ is that their keys are usually adjacent
(or very close) on most keyboards, hence very convenient to type, whereas #
is on AltGr+4 on the french layout (which is a real pain in the ass!)

IMHO, comment blocks are most useful especially when you need to quickly
hack away large chunks of code for unlocking a high pressure crisis , which
is usually where you do not have a decent editor at hand ( e.g. at a client
site ! )  8)

Just my 2 cts...

--Arnaud (Using an american layout anyway!).