From: Ed L Cashin <ecashin@...>
Date: 2001-07-05T23:24:44+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17316] Re: /* */ comments

Ed L Cashin <ecashin@terry.uga.edu> writes:

> 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.

.... but there's always m4 for folks who really feel the need for a
preprocessor.  :)

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