From: Ed L Cashin <ecashin@...>
Date: 2001-07-05T23:24:43+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17315] Re: /* */ comments

Dave Thomas <Dave@PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:

> "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:
> 
> > But might there not be cases where we wanted to 
> > comment some "arbitrary" piece of code... one
> > that could not be placed standalone inside an
> > if statement? After all, syntax is checked inside
> > an if, but not inside a comment...
> 
> True, and I'm not necessarily against /* .. */ (as long as they nest
> properly and don't get in the way of other syntax). I quite like
> %#{ ... } (as there's already a precedent for the syntax).  However, I
> _am_ against any kind of pre-processor - I think that would be evil.

Right on.  It doesn't jive with ruby's consistency as a dynamic, OO
language.

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