From: Stefan Lang <langstefan@...>
Date: 2005-12-25T21:45:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Block comments syntax

On Sunday 25 December 2005 12:53, Jonathan Leighton wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It says at http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RubyFromC that I can do
> block comment in Ruby like so:
>
> =begin
> my comment
> =end
>
> However, when I try to I get a syntax error. Why is this? How can I
> do it?

Two notes, since the RubyGarden page doesn't mention it:

* Ensure that there is no space/tab before =begin and
  =end (i.e. the = must be the first character in the line)

* Nesting of =begin/=end blocks is not possible.

-- 
Stefan