|> Starts a comment: `--', `-------', `--Hello', `--(', `--;', `--_'
|>
|> Does not start a comment: `-->', `--=>', `--\', `--.', `--|', `--->',
|> `--? What is this', `--! Amazing', `--½ done', `--® Microsoft',
|> `--© 1998 Microsoft', `--«Nothing»'.
|
|Yes, these are correct.
So no one minds that `--(Nothing)' is a comment whereas `--«Nothing»'
is not a comment? (For those without 8-bit mailers: That last example
uses the 8-bit ISO double left and right angle-brackets, where the
first example uses left and right round brackets.)
And that `--Copyright 1998' is a comment whereas `--© 1998' is not a
comment? (For those without 8-bit mailers: That last example starts
with the 8-bit ISO copyright symbol.)
Or that sequences like `--?What' and `--!Wow' are not comments?
I had to consult the syntax report in order to determine whether these
were comments or not... at least with the old system I could tell
immediately.
That said, one might argue the same about symbol sequences.
Apologies if this is dragging up old arguments. I missed parts of the
first round.
Cheers,
Graeme.
