> On Jan 16, 2017, at 8:29 PM, Karl Wagner via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> 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 file so as to minimize the impact of misleading/outdated comments on code 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?
Most IDEs can do a lot of stuff Xcode can't. Unfortunately. > > 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 _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
