On 26-Mar-2009, at 18:23, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
Would anyone else appreciate end of line comments, as an extension to
/etc/aliases and *.pcre? What character should introduce such
comments?
Actually? No. I find end-of-line comments to be far more trouble
than they are worth.
# 20090101 requested by fumble
foo: fum
# 2009013 #AZ-12313
fiddle: fee, fie, foo
I find that format much better, both in terms of readability (the
comment about the source of the change comes first, and the date is
first in that) and maintainability. For example:
# 20090101 requested by fumble
foo: fum
# 20090107
bar: car
# 20090219
oscar: oskar
# 20090113 #AZ-12313
fiddle: fee, fie, foo
Well, now I know all those requests were from fumble.
There are very few cases when end-of-line comments are really useful,
and this is not one of them.
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