From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-09-17T23:53:48+09:00
Subject: Re: comments and continuing strings on the next line

Hi,

In my opinion, the #{expression} rule ought to take precedence than the
comment rule (comment from # until the end of line).  Just like in C,
where a /* */ comment becomes ineffective inside a string, and also in
Ruby, so I usually regard #{...} as another "mini-interpreter" where
.... is "eval"-ed in its own space.

Is there any drawback in the rule in 1.6 so that it should be changed in
1.7?

Regards,

Bill
==========================================================================
nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> This style comment inside string no longer works in 1.7, right
> brace and backslash are part of the comment.  Instead, this
> works in both of 1.6 and 1.7:

> foo = %Q!\
> this is a string #{#some comment
> }\
> that is continued on a second line
> !

> Once we had a little discussion on inline comment, but still no
> conclusion.

> -- 
> Nobu Nakada