2010/8/16 Rasmus Svensson <r...@lysator.liu.se>: >>> 2. multiline comments like java >>> >>> /* this is a >>> multiline comment */ >> >> I don't know. >> > > Comment blocks are usually done by starting each line with ;; > > ;; this is > ;; a comment > ;; block > (some-code) > > Anything after a ; is a comment, like python's #. There is a > convention for how many ;s to begin the line with. (Basically ; for > same line comments, ;; for comments above code and ;;; for top-level > comments not commenting on the form below) > > There is also the (comment ...) form that disregards the containing > forms. Note that the contents has be well-formed clojure code > (matching parentheses, etc). > > (comment ; Usage examples > (foo 1 2 3) > (bar :a :b :c)) > > // raek >
I guess this does not answer the original "why?" question... Multiline string literals, as showed above, do exist, but do not have their own syntax. (Also, leading whitespace is not stripped from the lines.) Clojure follows other traditions for comments than, for example, Java. Clojure uses Lisp-style comments, which has followed a separate and parallel path, but also has the #_ "ignore next form" reader macro and the comment macro I mentioned before. // raek -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
