----------------------------Thanks Buddy & Emmitt.
To make a comment really stand out and, in particular, to divide a command file
into sections I used something like this:
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Pre-run set-up:
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
where the length of the first and third lines is 78 characters.
For SET VAR, for example, I put the comment on the same line and line them up
to make a "column" on the right-hand edge.
Now, Emmitt, it must take a very special brain <g> to come up with your example
so I copied and pasted both into a file. RBEdit nicely highlights what it sees
as comments. I'm not sure that it would ever have occurred to me to put any
comment in the middle of any command but, I suppose, that is, in effect, what I
was asking about: does any command need a CR/LF - in another way.
Regards,
Alastair.
----- Original Message -----
From: Walker, Buddy
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:25 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Double Hyphen Comments: good practice
Alastair
I do the same as you keep comments on their own line. I actually like the
comment to be left justified. This way it is easier to pick up.
Buddy
----- Original Message -----
From: Emmitt Dove
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:31 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Double Hyphen Comments: good practice
There appear to be some limits. Try this code:
IF {this is a test} .#PI <> 0 THEN
WRITE -- really testy! 'It Works!'
ENDIF
RETURN
You'll get a syntax error on the WRITE statement, which, of course, means
that the IF worked.
Now try this:
IF {this is a test} .#PI <> 0 THEN
WRITE {really testy!} 'It Works!'
ENDIF
RETURN
Emmitt Dove
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Evergreen Packaging, Inc.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 6:47 PM
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Double Hyphen Comments: good practice
I've not come across any problem and the help makes no observations other
than leaving at least one space if placed on the same line as a command...
but:
Are there any situations where it is preferable not to place a comment on
the same line as the command?
I only ask because, generally, I tend to avoid doing so with, for example IF,
SWITCH, WHILE. Am I being over-cautious?
Regards,
Alastair
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Alastair Burr
St. Albans, UK.
[email protected]
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