Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Uwe Ligges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Use an editor that comments out a whole block which is what I do all the > > time, e.g. use Tinn-R, Emacs or WinEdt, to mention just a few of > > them. > > This, of course, works. The if(FALSE) approach does not because it > requires the "comment" to be syntactically correct. The multiline > string trick is _almost_ there, the problem is that both " and ' are > fairly common in text and having to escape that is a pain. > > My wtf feature request is to add a multiline string delimiter ala > Python like """.
Still gives you problems with nested comments. *IF* we want to go down that route, we should have directional symbols like <<< dsaldfysdfk >>> (which would likely drive version control users up the wall...) or /# kdlsfk dfkjsdfl #/ (but those character combinations have a marginal risk of being used in existing code). -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
