> On 16 Jan 2017, at 20:26, David Sweeris via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Jan 16, 2017, at 09:28, Amir Michail via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Why not replace all Swift comments by end notes at the end of each source >> file so as to minimize the impact of misleading/outdated comments on code >> comprehension? >> >> You don’t necessarily need to scroll to the end of the source file to read a >> referenced end note in the code since the IDE could show a popup whenever >> the mouse pointer lingers over an end note reference (e.g., a number/label). >> >> Maybe this would encourage programmers to write more self-explanatory code >> while keeping (end note) comments to a minimum? > > This seems like more of an IDE issue than a language issue. > > - Dave Sweeris > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
Most IDEs can fold comment blocks, can’t they? Although, that said, I just tried doing it in Xcode and it didn’t fold my ///-style documentation comments or multi-line /*…*/-style comment blocks. Possibly a bug in SourceKit? - Karl _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
