From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2001-07-05T08:48:29+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17258] Re: /* */ comments


From: "Guy N. Hurst" <gnhurst@hurstlinks.com>


> This made me realize that we may not be able to (easily) have
> nested comments without resorting to a second pass. There are
> a number of scenarios I can think of that would complicate things.
> 
> # this is a comment
> a = 5
> /*
> and this is
> a grouping of
>   /* more comments
> */
> b = "will this be evaluated?"
> 
> /* 
> =begin
> what about this?
> Am I RD or a comment?
> */
> =end # error or not?


Hmm, suppose this might happen much ?

/* begins comment
  regex = /pattern*/
 still in comment? */


:)

Bill