>>>>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on 05 Oct 2006 16:12:50 +0200 writes:
PD> 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 """.
PD> Still gives you problems with nested comments. *IF* we want to go down
PD> that route, we should have directional symbols like
PD> <<<
PD> dsaldfysdfk
>>>>
PD> (which would likely drive version control users up the wall...)
i.e. all of R-core ...
PD> or
PD> /# kdlsfk
PD> dfkjsdfl #/
PD> (but those character combinations have a marginal risk of being used
PD> in existing code).
or
<## ....
...
##>
but I'm not yet fond of the general idea.
Martin
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